Дом лесника
The place
Дом лесника ("Forester's House") in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Primorsky/Onega sector (White Sea coast, northern European Russia), true altitude ~30 m (listing shows an erroneous 0 m), Arctic taiga. Continuous northern Russia cluster (batches 260-361). Forest ranger's house (a standard Soviet-era rural lesnichestvo, forestry district, in post-USSR Russia's 1 million km² of northern Arctic taiga), area of northern Arctic taiga (Larix sibirica + Pinus sibirica, Siberian cedar with edible pine cones + Picea obovata + Betula pendula) + the Solovetsky Islands (Solovki), a UNESCO site since 1992, an Orthodox monastery founded in the 15th century + Solovki, the first Stalinist gulag 1923-1939, 200,000 deported, 50,000 dead + the White Sea's Pomor maritime heritage, historic fleet, Peter the Great's Russian Empire, 1693 Arkhangelsk, Russia's first seaport before Saint Petersburg (1703).
The setting
Arkhangelsk, Primorsky/Onega, White Sea coast, northern European Russia, listed altitude 0 m erroneous, ~30 m actual, Arctic taiga, continuous cluster batches 260-361, forest ranger's lesnichestvo, Soviet-era, 1 million km² Arctic taiga, northern taiga Larix sibirica/Pinus sibirica/Picea obovata/Betula pendula + Solovki UNESCO 1992 monastery 15th century + first gulag 1923-1939 200,000 deported 50,000 dead + Peter the Great 1693 Arkhangelsk Russia's first seaport before Saint Petersburg 1703.
