The Russian Far East and the Solovki special camp in the lives of priest Pavel Florensky and writer Mikhail Prishvin
In the article, what is carried out, is comparison of two episodes from life of priest Pavel Florensky and the writer Mikhail Prishvin. It is explained for what reasons they appeared at first in the Russian Far East, and then at the Solovki special camp. In the latter isles, the Soviet power organised gulag where people - innocent at times - were interned so that the state could hold them in servitude. Priest Pavel Florensky, one of such people, who has been condemned and sent to the camp at first to the Far East, and then, to the Solovki. It is told that according to his letters it is possible to reproduce how he perceived the nature surrounding him. In parallel reconstructed Mikhail Prishvin's travel almost at the same time at first to the Far East on the instructions of Izvestia newspaper editorial office, and then, to the Solovki at his own will. From these trips Mikhail Prishvin brought material for the books "Jen Sheng: The Root of Life", "Golden Meadow", "Fathers and Children", "The Bun". The short history of these books is given. In the opinion of the article's author, Mikhail Prishvin did not notice sufferings of the political prisoners, whose labour was exploited in the most cruel way, and supported the idea that "Anti-Sovietism was to be hammered out of the disloyal people".