• Pictures of Russian Chapel in commemoration of the hundreds of Russian prisoners of war who died constructing the Vršič mountain pass road in Vršič...
  • The name originally referred to Mount Vršič (1,738 m), which is located about 200 m east of the Vršič Pass.
  • This beautiful rustic accommodation is located near the Russian chapel directly at the Vrsic pass and is super rustic furnished.
  • Luka Well done, this chapel is some really important part of history.
  • The Russian Chapel was built in 1917 by Russian prisoners of war as a memorial to those who died while constructing the Vršič Pass.
  • Our first stop on the Vršič Pass was at hairpin 8 – the Russian Chapel.
  • The Russian Chapel (Slovene: Ruska kapelica) is a Russian Orthodox chapel located on the Russian Road on the northern side of the Vršič Pass in northwestern...
  • ...Orthodox Chapel on the Vršič pass dedicated to Saint Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, was built in 1916 in the memory of the fallen Russian prisoners of war.