Pilgrimage
to the place of martyrdom of
St Elizabet Feodorovna Romanova
Kungur
Kungur is not a big town in Perm region to the West from Ural moumtains just on the way from Moscow to Siberia. There is famous Kungur ice cave. It is 5 kilometers long. Even when it is hot summer outside of the cave there is a lot of ice inside. Temperature there is never higher than 0-+3 grads C.
Kungur, Kungur cave. |
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Railway station |
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Near the town |
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Entrance to the ice cave |
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Underground lake |
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The way for tourists through the cave |
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The way under the bottom of underground lake |
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The small path amongst big stones inside of the cave |
Pictures were made during the pilgrimage in July of 1998 ¿ St Elizabeth sisterhood. Address: Moscow 103287 2-ja Khutorskaja 40 tel. 211-36-25 email: om@mrezha.ru