SEKIRNAIA GORA (MOUNT OF THE AXE) AND THE HERMITAGE OF THE ASCENSION

In the th century, in memory of a founding miracle of Solovki. In the early stages of the installation on the island of Savvatiï and Guerman, angels would have whipped a fisherman's wife by urging him to leave the island, chosen by God for prayer and feat. Since then, and until the revolution of 1917, no female has lived on the main island. During the years of THE, the scene was infamous, as the Ascension church housed punitive cachots where the worst abuses were inflicted on prisoners. Today, a staircase of over 200 steps leads to the foot of the hill, where a cross was raised in memory of the thousands of deaths. Hermitages in Savvatievo and Isakovo can also be visited.