Valaam Monastery

Summary

Valaam Monastery is an eastern orthodox monastery^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of eastern_orthodox_monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (131 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Valaam Monastery's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodoxy^[3].
• Valaam Monastery is located in Sortavalskoye urban settlement^[4].
• Valaam Monastery is in the country of Russia^[5].
• Valaam Monastery is in the country of Russian Empire^[6].
• Valaam Monastery is in the country of Soviet Union^[7].
• Valaam Monastery is in the country of Tsardom of Russia^[8].
• Valaam Monastery's instance of is recorded as eastern orthodox monastery^[9].
• Valaam Monastery's instance of is recorded as cultural heritage ensemble^[10].
• Valaam Monastery's instance of is recorded as architectural landmark^[11].
• Valaam Monastery's architect is recorded as Aleksey Gornostaev^[12].
• Valaam Monastery's Commons category is recorded as Valaam Monastery^[13].
• 1407 marks the founding of Valaam Monastery^[14].
• Valaam Monastery's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 61.388744, 'lon': 30.944229}^[15].
• Valaam Monastery's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Valaam^[16].
• Valaam Monastery's diocese is recorded as Stauropegion of the Russian Orthodox Church^[17].
• Valaam Monastery's official website is recorded as http://www.valaam.ru/^[18].
• Valaam Monastery's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Valaam Monastery^[19].
• Valaam Monastery's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[20].
• Valaam Monastery's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Valaam Monastery's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Valaam Monastery's heritage designation is recorded as regional cultural heritage site in Russia^[23].
• Valaam Monastery's category for people who died here is recorded as Q123344179^[24].
• Valaam Monastery's category for people buried here is recorded as Q123344233^[25].
• Valaam Monastery's directions is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'остров Валаам'}^[26].
• Valaam Monastery's appears in the heritage monument list is recorded as list of cultural heritage sites in Valaam (Russia)^[27].

Body

Founding

1407 marks the founding of Valaam Monastery^[14].

Why It Matters

Valaam Monastery ranks in the top 8% of eastern_orthodox_monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (131 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]