Domes of the Dormition Cathedral in Pskovo-Pechersky (Pskov Monastery of the Caves) monastery in the Pskov region, Russia


The ropes in front of the domes called 'ochepy'. Monks ring bells on the belfry from the ground level used this 'ochepy'.


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