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Bolshoy Zayatsky Island

TIME : 2016/2/19 0:04:11

This small, wind-whipped island is famous for its 13 stone labyrinths, including the largest one in northern Russia. A circular boardwalk loops around the island from the dockside wooden church, passing by numerous stone burial mounds and two forlorn crosses. Bolshoy Zayatsky Island was used for female solitary confinement during gulag years, but not a trace remains.