This journalistic collection includes selected articles, essays, travel notes, stories and poems by the author about the Solovetsky Islands. Some of them were published in the first half of the 2000s in the almanac "Silence of Solovki", which was published by the creative association of students of the Faculty of International Journalism of the MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Others were written much later as memoirs and reflections on long—term humanitarian expeditions to the Solovetsky Islands, in which the author took an active part. The book is intended for everyone who is interested in the history of the Solovki, wants to better understand the problems and attitude of the inhabitants of this distant White Sea region.<br/>