The Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova in her telegram channel reported that 14 objects on Solovki were restored through the department. At the moment, work is continuing on the preservation of two iconostases in the church of St. Herman and in the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
She noted that the restoration of 5 more chapels will be completed by the end of 2025.
The complex of the Solovetsky Islands is included in the World Cultural Heritage list. The spiritual center of the archipelago is the ancient majestic Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. On the territory of the archipelago there is a historical, architectural and natural museum-reserve, the funds of which number more than 100 thousand items.
The press service of the "Land of the Leopard" national park reported that a flock of endangered lesser white-fronted geese nearly perished due to a private helicopter flying at dangerously low altitude in the protected area of the Far Eastern Marine Reserve
The official website of the Kamchatka Krai reported that four orcas became trapped in a water pocket and stranded on a sandbar in the estuary of the Bolshaya Vorovskaya River near the village of Ustyovoe
The Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) has announced the start of the traditional "Eco-Tree" campaign. Participants will give a second life to unwanted items by creating New Year decorations from used plastic