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Real Valaam
The Nikolsky monastery of the Valaam Monastery is called “real Valaam” or “Old Valaam”, he has not yet been subjected to new -fangled alterations and “restorations”. Back in 1858, writer Alexander Dumas, visiting the archipelago, wrote that "the church is a true treasure, both in artistic virtues and in its wealth - the creation of the best architect of Russia." The Nikolsky temple was arranged in 1833 according to the project of A.M. Gornostaeva. In addition to the church, there is a lighthouse on the island, a worshiping stone cross and an empty holster hut.