▁and ▁military ▁sie ges . ▁Its ▁most ▁important ▁structures ▁date ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century , ▁when ▁Filip ▁Kol y chev ▁was ▁its ▁h eg umen ▁( com par able ▁to ▁an ▁ab bot ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁Sol ov et sky ▁Mon aster y ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 4 3 6 ▁by ▁the ▁mon k ▁Z os ima , ▁however , ▁mon ks ▁H erman ▁and ▁Sav v ati y ▁from ▁the ▁Kir illo - Bel oz ers ky ▁Mon aster y ▁lived ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁from ▁ 1 4 2 9 ▁to ▁ 1 4 3 6 , ▁and ▁are ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁co - found ers ▁of ▁the ▁monaster y . ▁Z os ima ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁h eg umen ▁of ▁the ▁monaster y . ▁After ▁Mar fa ▁Bor et sk aya , ▁wife ▁of ▁the ▁pos ad nik ▁of ▁Nov gor od , ▁don ated ▁her ▁lands ▁at ▁K em ▁and ▁Sum ma ▁to ▁the ▁monaster y ▁in ▁ 1 4 5 0 , ▁the ▁monaster y ▁quickly ▁en larg ed ▁its ▁hold ings , ▁which ▁was ▁situated ▁strateg ically ▁on ▁the ▁sh ores ▁of ▁the ▁White ▁Sea . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁and ▁ 1 6 th ▁centuries , ▁the ▁monaster y ▁extended ▁its ▁commercial ▁activities , ▁becoming ▁an ▁economic ▁and ▁political ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁White ▁Sea ▁region . ▁This ▁included ▁salt works ▁( in ▁the ▁ 1 6 6 0 s , ▁it ▁owned ▁ 5 4 ▁of ▁them