Refuge

Изба рыбака

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The place

Izba rybaka (Fisherman's isba) in Tver Oblast, Ostashkov/Peno sector (Seliger lake basin, central Russia), at 203 m elevation. Continuous cluster central Russia (batches 250-319). Fisherman's isba near the source of the Volga (Volgoverkhovye, memorial village at the river's source, 228 m elevation, sanctified by the Russian Orthodox Church, Saint Olga), in a pine/birch taiga zone, part of the heritage of the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Monastery, founded 1594 on an island.

The setting

Tver Ostashkov/Peno Seliger central Russia 203 m Volga source Volgoverkhovye 228 m Saint Olga, continuous cluster batches 250-319, fisherman's isba, pine/birch, Nilo-Stolobenskaya Monastery 1594 island.