Solovki Botanic Garden - description, photo, routes, map

Four kilometers to the north from the Solovetsky Kremlin the Makarievskaya pustyn is located. From three sides it is screened by the high hills, and warm air flows there from the south. As a result, there was formed a special climate making it possible for monks to grow water-melons and some other plants, uncharacteristic for the Russian North