The Solovetsky Islands, or Solovki, are an archipelago in the Onega Bay of the White Sea in Russia. As an administrative division the islands form the Solovetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, and within municipal divisions they are incorporated as the Solovetskoye Rural Settlement of Primorsky Municipal District. Almost all of the population lives in the settlement of Solovetsky on Bolshoy Solovetsky Island, which had 861 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census.
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The Solovetsky Islands (Russian: Соловецкие острова, IPA: [səlɐˈvʲetskʲɪj ɐstrɐˈva]), or Solovki (Russian: Соловки, IPA: [səlɐfˈkʲi]), are an archipelago located in the Onega Bay of the White Sea, Russia.
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