On June 21, 2026, an exhibition dedicated to the "Great Russian Northern Way" opened in Solovki, an educational route stretching over 5,000 kilometers, originating at the walls of the Novodevichy Stavropol Convent in Moscow and ending in the Solovetsky Archipelago. The exhibition features photographs and descriptions of key points along the route.
The exhibition was organized by the Charitable Foundation for the Preservation of the Future of the Nation and the Ladoga Skerries National Park with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, the Novodevichy Monastery, the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Solovetsky Stavropol Monastery and the Solovetsky Museum-Reserve.
Bishop Porfiry of Ozersk, rector of the Solovetsky Monastery and director of the Solovetsky Museum-Reserve, greeted the audience at the opening. The bishop expressed the wish that over time the Great Russian Northern Route would become as popular a tourist route as the Golden and Silver Rings of Russia.
Abbess of the Novodevichy Monastery, Abbess Margarita (Feoktistova), expressed hope in her message that the exhibition would promote the route among tourists and pilgrims.
The director of the Ladoga Skerries National Park, E.S. Kutukova, stressed that the exhibition in Solovki is a pilot project, and it is expected that it will be presented in other regions in the future.
The Great Russian Northern Route passes through 12 regions of the Russian Federation, connecting 14 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 3 UNESCO creative cities. The route passes through 13 national parks and nature reserves in Russia, as well as through 15 dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church, including monasteries of Ladoga region, remote northern monasteries of Lake Onega and the White Sea coast.
The exhibition takes place in the gallery passage between the Refectory and the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour and is freely accessible.