The Pskov-Caves Monastery. Pechory, Russia.
The whole historic province of Pechory (Estonian: Petserimaa) is regarded as the homeland of the Setos, a Finnic people related to Estonians. The Russian inhabitants of Pechory district were mainly Old Believers who spoke a transitional dialect between Russian and the Belarusian language. In the mid-15th century was founded Pskov-Caves Monastery or The Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition […]