Islands in Russia

Discover 8 unusual islands in Russia.

Onekotan Island, Russia

Krenitsyn Volcano

A remote and picturesque volcano nestled inside another volcano.

A stone labyrinth on Bolshoi Zayatsky Island.

Solovetskiy, Russia

Bolshoi Zayatsky Island

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

Church of Andrew the Apostle, through the trees

Priozerskiy rayon, Russia

Church of Andrew the Apostle

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

The Kuril Islands

Kuril Islands, Russia

The Kuril Islands

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.

Fort Alexander

Fort Alexander

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Alexandrovsky District, Russia

Nazino Island

Social outcasts and cannibalism in Stalin's Soviet Union.

Big Diomede as viewed from Little Diomede. (Wikimedia Commons)

Diomede Islands

Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.

Solovetskiy, Russia

Solovki

Monastery, army base, and infamous Soviet Gulag in the far Russian north.