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Solovki is a shortened name for the Solovetsky Islands , White Sea , Russia . Historically it has been a location of the famous Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery complex, which repelled foreign attacks during the Time Of Troubles , the Crimean War , and the Russian Civil War .

By s", a prototype of the Gulag system.

In 1926 the Solovki camp was turned into a prison, which was closed in 1939 because of the construction of a naval base.

The Orthodox Church reestablished the monastery in 1992 , the year when the ensemble was included into UNESCO 's World Heritage List .

As stated in the UNESCO's evaluation of this patrimony, "the Solovetskii complex is an oustanding example of a monastic settlement in the inhospitable environment of northern Europe which admirably illustrates the faith, tenacity, and enterprise of late medieval religious communities".