Religious pilgrims on the ferry Vasiley Kosyakov to the Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery, Bolshoy Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Onega Bay, Arkhangel Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

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