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A group of scholars and public figures is petitioning for a special status for the Solovetsky Islands – revered in Russia as the home of a monastery and the site of the Soviet Union’s first prison cam A group of scholars and public figures is petitioning for a special status for the Solovetsky Islands – revered in Russia as the home of a monastery and the site of the Soviet Union’s first prison camp. In an attempt to keep the sacred site from becoming a tourist attraction and a venue for jazz festivals, the Public Chamber has sent a letter asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to accord the island the status of “spiritual-historic place.”

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