Solovetsky Church-Lighthouse at Sekirnaya Gora

Also known as: Соловецкий церковь-маяк. Вознесенский Скит ), Секирная Гора, Соловки, Solovetskiy

active · Focal 98 m

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At a glance

Place

Country
Russia
Region
Solovetsky Islands

Light Signature

No accepted light signature claims yet.

Signal pattern, color, period, visibility, optics, and operating context appear here after field-level review.

Names & naming history

Some source names have not yet been assigned a reviewed language; script labels preserve provenance without hiding the row.

Latin script · Alternative

RU · Alternative

RU · Official

Machine-readable names JSON

(autotranslated, could have mistakes)

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Several 360° panoramas outside and inside https://www.360cities.net/image/sekirnaya-mountain-1

Solovetsky Monastery - Sekiro-Voznesensky Skete - Church of the Ascension.

Image removed from public review package. Local review only · not public record-level source only · old_photo_lighthouse.jpg The name of the lighthouse was given by the largest of the group of islands located in the White Sea at the entrance to Onega Bay.

The islands are famous for the ensemble of the Solovetsky Monastery - a historical and natural museum and reserve. The monastery was founded in 1429 by the monk Savvaty. By the middle of the 19th century, the monastery had turned not only into one of the largest religious and economic centers in the North of Russia, but also into a well-fortified fortress that protected Pomorie from attacks by the Germans, Finns and Swedes.

The monastery maintained close connections with all the White Sea ports. It supported a large volume of traffic between the mainland and the island. Without developed shipping, such activities on the islands would be impossible.

By the middle of the 19th century, the monastery had not only small ships, but also two steamers “Vera” and “Nadezhda”. The monastery workshops could carry out not only almost all ship repair work, but also build new ships.

To ensure the safety of navigation in the area of ​​the islands, milestones and cormorants were installed. But by the 1860s, when large steamships from Arkhangelsk and other White Sea ports began making regular trips to the island, a more advanced navigation fence was required, capable of ensuring safe navigation not only during the day, but also at night.

A church was built on the top of the 74-meter Sekirnaya Mountain in 1861. In a two-story building without altar apses, there are two churches: below - St. Michael the Archangel and on the second floor - the Church of the Ascension. According to the project of the architect Shakhlarov, the temple building, the highest point of which was at an altitude of 98 meters from the base of the mountain, was originally intended to be used as a lighthouse.

Image removed from public review package. Local review only · not public record-level source only · mayak1.jpgIn 1862, the dome of the church was built with a lighthouse turret and on August 1, 1862, trial operation of the lighthouse began (various sources call it 1862 or 1867). The lighthouse is located in a light drum above the dome

The unusual appearance of this structure involuntarily attracted the attention of pilgrims, and they did not see anything seditious in it. The light coming from the cross and showing wanderers the right path to the Solovetsky monastery acquired a special symbolic meaning for them.

Initially, it was assumed that the lighthouse, as promised by the abbot of the monastery, would be maintained by monks under the supervision of a caretaker appointed by the Hydrographic Department of Arkhangelsk. However, Archimandrite Porfiry unexpectedly abandoned his promise to allocate people, saying that he did not see any benefit for himself from the lighthouse, except for unnecessary troubles and costs, and he did not have “people capable of such a thing.”

The real reason for this turn was different: the abbot feared that “the actions and lifestyle of the lighthouses, which do not correspond to the life of hermits, will disturb the peace of the brethren.”

After much persuasion and persuasion, they agreed that the Hydrographic Unit would appoint a keeper and one ordinary sailor to the lighthouse, and the monastery would allocate 2 novices or one hired worker to help them. In 1897, the monastery nevertheless accepted the lighthouse for full maintenance.

Until 1904, kerosene lamps were installed in it, and then French devices were installed.

In the 1960s, the lighthouse was overhauled and switched to power. Currently, the lighthouse, together with the Ax Church, is part of the Solovetsky Monastery and is maintained by it under the supervision of the Solovetsky group of navigation equipment.

The lighthouse is still the highest lighthouse on the White Sea (the highest point of the temple is at an altitude of 98 meters from sea level), operating in automatic mode, it provides a visibility range of up to 10 miles.

Additional information:

Heritage identity & evidence

Identity

LUX ID
LUX-LH-000004
Type
Church lighthouse
Object kind
Church lighthouse
Current status
active

Review & coverage

Showcase rank 8 · candidateReadiness needs-reviewText location onlyRecord-level source only20 accepted field claims

External identifiers

No reviewed external identifiers yet.

Claim evidence

Operational status

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: active

Why this value is shown: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: active

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Technical details
field_id
status
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000004-status-001
winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
accepted/current claims without valid_to; prefer accepted, then latest valid_from, curated source, confidence, id.

Construction or building date

Multiple lighthouse phasesInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Phase history: 1862

Reviewer action: Treat each active date as a separate lighthouse phase, rebuild, first-light, or current-structure date before promoting phase-specific facts.

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: 1862

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Technical details
field_id
construction_date
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000004-construction_date-001
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
repeatable lifecycle phase field; display active values as phase history and only flag conflict when review assigns two different values to the same phase.

Focal height

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: 98

Why this value is shown: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: 98 m

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Technical details
field_id
focal_height
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000004-focal_height-001
winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
accepted/current claims without valid_to; prefer accepted, then latest valid_from, curated source, confidence, id.

Light visibility / range

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: 10

Why this value is shown: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: 10 miles

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Technical details
field_id
light_visibility
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000004-light_visibility-001
winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
accepted/current claims without valid_to; prefer accepted, then latest valid_from, curated source, confidence, id.

Alternate name

Name variantsNeeds reviewed field source

Name variants: Solovetskiy

Reviewer action: Classify names by language/script and role such as official, local, translated, transliterated, historical, or alternate.

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

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field_id
alternate_name
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000004-alternate_name-001
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
name variant field; classify by language/script and role instead of choosing one scalar winner.

4 active / 4 total in-archive source links. Full sources and reference search leads below

External Identity Graph

  • LUX Light Archive
    LUX-LH-000004 Canonical LUX ID

    Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.

  • Wikidata
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Resolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.

  • Wikipedia
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  • ARLHS
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  • OpenStreetMap
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  • Source URLs
    4 active / 4 total in-record source links Record source URLs

    record provenance · Record-level source URLs are listed in the source provenance section.

  • Lighthouse Directory
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Evidence graph

Derived view of how sources, facts, identifiers, lifecycle events, and relationships support this record.

10 sources5 field-supported facts9 object-only refs

Facts

  • Alternate name alternate_name · Solovetskiy
  • Construction or building date construction_date · 1862
  • Focal height focal_height · 98
  • Light visibility / range light_visibility · 10
  • Operational status status · active

Lifecycle

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Reconstructed state

Open state profile JSON
1862

History and connections

Lifecycle summary

Built

Current status: active

Lifecycle events

  1. BuiltInherited from legacy archive

    Construction date recorded.

    1 source · medium confidence

Construction phases

Repeated construction dates are treated as lighthouse phases or rebuilds, not one current-date conflict.

  1. 1862 · Соловецкий церковь-маяк. Вознесенский Скит (Секирная Гора, Соловки)) · Phase claim

    Source narrative context: In 1862, the dome of the church was built with a lighthouse turret and on August 1, 1862, trial operation of the lighthouse began (various sources call it 1862 or 1867). The lighthouse is located in a light drum above the dome

Evidence and data

Detailed timeline, graph, map history, and JSON exports for review and research.

1 history events 2 record changes 1 connected objects 0 places

Coverage: no-accepted-coordinates

Lighthouse history (1 events)
  1. Construction date recordedrecord-derived
Record history (2 changes)
  1. Archive record createdarchive-metadata
  2. Archive record updatedarchive-metadata
Connection graph (1 objects)
Geo timeline (0 places)

No accepted coordinate point yet. The text geography remains listed as context.

  • Geography contextРоссия, Соловецкие острова · text-only

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Rights & Attribution

Content License

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Media Rights

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Attribution

"Solovetsky Church-Lighthouse at Sekirnaya Gora" · LUX-LH-000004 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000004/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Lighthouse record: "Solovetsky Church-Lighthouse at Sekirnaya Gora", LUX-LH-000004, https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000004/, accessed 2026-07-03, archive v0.24.42.

Legacy archive provenance

This object now uses its LUX identity as the public record. The original Drupal node is preserved as migration provenance and a compatibility route.

Canonical LUX ID
LUX-LH-000004
Legacy node
node:235
Legacy URL
/node/235/
Drupal source type
lighthouse
Source system
drupal_migration
Source path
/node/235

Source provenance

Forum sources

Trusted References

Known external identifiers and review leads for Wikipedia, Wikidata, map, registry, and catalogue coverage. Search leads are not accepted evidence until reviewed. Field-level evidence is implied only when evidence scope or supported fields are explicit.

SourceStatusEvidence scopeReferenceReview note
Wikidatasearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.
Wikipediasearch-candidateSearch / reviewUseful for public descriptions and cross-checking, but text must be rewritten or quoted sparingly.
OpenStreetMapsearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance.
ARLHSreview-sourceSearch / reviewSearch the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found.
Lighthouse Directoryreview-sourceSearch / reviewUse the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review.
Record identifiers
Node
235
Source type
lighthouse
Review class
Lighthouse
Wikidata class
Q39715
Created
04/01/2011 09:35:21 UTC
Changed
20/08/2015 09:24:23 UTC
Source path
/node/235
All technical fields
Status
active Legacy archive claim · Соловецкий церковь-маяк. Вознесенский Скит (Секирная Гора, Соловки))
Construction date
1862 Multiple lighthouse phases
Tower height
Not recorded
Focal height
98 Legacy archive claim · Соловецкий церковь-маяк. Вознесенский Скит (Секирная Гора, Соловки))
Light height
Not recorded
Light characteristic
Not recorded
Light number
Not recorded
Operation
Not recorded
Visibility
10 Legacy archive claim · Соловецкий церковь-маяк. Вознесенский Скит (Секирная Гора, Соловки))
Legacy light IDs
Not recorded
Call sign
Not recorded
Lens / optics
Not curated
Latitude
Not recorded
Longitude
Not recorded

Empty lighthouse fields are shown so review gaps are visible. Lens and optics are curated as heritage assets when evidence exists.