Island Valaam on Lake Ladoga in the Russian northwest--the site of a monastery, one of Russia's most cherished shrines. Passenger boats moored at its central pier in the Nikonovskaya Bay.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Religion & Belief
- Location: Republic of Karelia, Russia
- Event date: 18.07.1991
- Date published: 01.01.2007
- Author: Sergey Kompanichenko
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: ДП98-1259, 35 mm slide
- Media: JPEG, 2480x3543px, 6.1Mb