Solovetsky Islands, from a UNESCO World Heritage monastery to the "mother of the Gulag", Russia

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 11 October 2018 at 09:20:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Archipelago, island, arctic, infrastructure, UNESCO World Heritage site, Russia
Fig. 1 - COP-DEM - Located in the White Sea, the Solovetsky Islands became the site of the first Gulag, a prison camp intended for opponents of Russia's regime.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (11.10.2018) - It was inaugurated within the Solovetsky Monastery in 1921 during the Russian Civil War and closed in 1939.
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Most of the Solovetsky Islands are covered with Scots Pine and Norway Spruce forests, which are partially swampy.
Fig. 3 - COP-DEM - Prisonners were made to exploit produce wood. 7500 prisoners died there, half of them of hunger during 1933.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (11.10.2018) - The site was initially a fortified monastery founded in 1436 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site today.
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