The book tells the story of the prison of the Solovetsky Monastery in the 18th-19th centuries. It provides information about the construction of prison premises on Solovki, about the prison regime and about the fate of fighters known in the history of the Russian revolutionary movement, languishing in Solovetsky casemates, such as the Decembrist A.S. Gorozhansky, associate T.G. Shevchenko G.L. Andruzsky, standard bearer of the Kazan demonstration Y. Potapov and others. The author used many new materials from the Moscow, Leningrad and Arkhangelsk archives. The book has great anti-religious significance and will be useful to everyone who is interested in the history of their native land.