• An unusual wooden chapel tells a sad story of the Russian prisoners of war who lost their lives in an avalanche in 1916, while building a road over the pass Vršič.
  • The Russian POWs, who were building the road across the pass of Vršič, built the wooden chapel dedicated to the memory of their own suffering and of all...
  • Russian Chapel, Vršič Pass near Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | by Paul McClure DC.
  • ...of the Russian Orthodox Chapel, 9 kilometres of cobblestone road leading to the Vršič Pass was renamed Ruska cesta, which means “Russian Road”.
  • Monday, June 10, 2013. Russian Chapel - Vrsic Pass, Slovenia. During World War I, the Battles of Isonzo were a series of 12 battles between the...
  • The Russian Chapel on the Vršič Pass ( Slovenian Ruska kapelica na Vršiču ) is a Russian Orthodox chapel on the northern side of the Vršič Pass in...
  • At 1611 m, the Vršič mountain pass is the highest road pass in the Eastern Julian Alps. The high mountain road through Vršič has 50 serpentines.
  • ...the 100th anniversary of a Russian chapel built near the Vršič Pass in memory of Russian soldiers who died there during the First World War.