[PRE-GULAG IN THE WHITE SEA] - [History of Stavropegic first-class Solovetsky Monastery].: История первоклассного ставропигиального Соловецкого монастыря
by [IOANNIKII, I.F., ARCHIMANDRITE]
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Detailed illustrated history of this celebrated fortified monastery founded in the 1430s on an island of the White Sea - before becoming the first corrective labour camp of the Communist regime after the Revolution, and an early member of the GULAG system. With many full-page photographic plates and two large folding maps: of the Solovky islands and of the surrounding region.
Provenance: Ya. D. Yagunov, 1936 (dated stamp to title); Avenir Nizoff (émigré, musician, and book collector who lived in Edmonton, Canada).
Description: Quarto (30 x 23 cm). VIII incl. title and t.o.c., 225, [2] pp., with 27 plates of photographic reproductions, some double-page, and 2 folding plans loosely inserted; minimal occasional foxing, but overall very fresh internally. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering to upper cover, flat spine lettered in gilt; a bit rubbed, more on the edges and corners, bumped, spine lettering oxidized.
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- PY Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 991
- Title
- [PRE-GULAG IN THE WHITE SEA] - [History of Stavropegic first-class Solovetsky Monastery].
- Author
- [IOANNIKII, I.F., ARCHIMANDRITE]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Evdokimov, Skt. Peterburg, 1899.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- prison, polar, arctic, pole, mer blanche, illustrated, monks, religion, maps, cartography
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