Essays by the famous 19th century novelist Vasily Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (1844-1936) "Holy Mountains" are dedicated to the famous Ukrainian cultural monument - the Svyatogorsky Assumption Monastery on the Seversky Donets. The book acquaints the reader with interesting personalities and historical places in the Holy Mountains, paintings of monastic life according to the ancient charter of the monastery. A vivid narrator, V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko helps a modern visitor to Svyatogorye compare this picturesque corner of the Donetsk Territory in two time dimensions - the 19th and 21st centuries.