The atlas legend does not differentiate between types of monastic institutions. According to the toponyms, 24 of the 74 sites in this layer are sketes (скит), 12 are hermitages (пустынь), and the rest are garden-variety monasteries.
Together they spread across 29 provinces, including guberni and oblasti, plus Finland. (
Click here to see them on the interactive map.) As the maps included here suggest, monasteries are located in a range of settings: on desolate islands in the White Sea, near the hustle and bustle of thickly-settled towns, in remote recesses of the empire, and everywhere in between.
