Kem - old Pomeranian town and district center, located four hundred kilometers to the north of Petrozavodsk in the estuary of Kemi, which flows into the White Sea. It (or rather, by Kem in Rabocheostrovsk) Island was filmed with Peter Mamonov in the title role. It was very interesting to see live on "film set" favorite movie.
The first written mention of Kem tenements there in ancient acts of the Solovetsky monastery. In 1450, Kem, how to put the Novgorod Governor's Wife Martha Boretskaya was donated her fiefdom Solovetsky monastery.
So far, the city survived two monuments of Russian church architecture: a wooden tent Cathedral of the Assumption, built in 1717 and brick Cathedral of the Annunciation, consecrated in 1904.
The district is a natural game reserve, located on the islands of German and Russian bodies. There are up to 300 "Sade" - monuments, built of stone in the II-I millennium BC Sami. Kem is one of the historical cities of the Russian Federation and has more than two dozen officially reported monuments. In addition, in the city there are 15 monuments of history and art.
And this place is famous for the fact that here was filmed Island with Peter Mamonov in the title role. The location is perfect for the filming of this movie: almost everything was ready.
Monk Victor, caretaker for the church today.
And here are some shots of the islands. For those who have not seen, and just to refresh your memory
The place is really interesting. Near the port - the road to Solovki.
Pyotr Mamonov played in the film the main character - the elder Anatoly, his life atoning for the sin of murder.
For each trick Elder Anatoly hides a deep knowledge of the human and faith in its ability to transform.
From the story of the shooting of Peter Mamonov, "filmed on the White Sea. Places where the holy and terrible. All the land was drenched with the blood of martyrs. Monastery - the scenery, but stokehold - a real house is right on the bone, in the place where the Germans sent people to the camp or to be shot. »
The fact that in the film the church used to be home. Filmmakers built a dome, then the monks consecrated and now it's a real church
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