Filippovskiy cages located on one of the Solovetsky islands, namely the Greater Solovetsky Island, just a mile from the building of the Kremlin, not far from the road leading to the mountain Sekirnaya. In this area there is a small bay on the extent of which is clearly separated from the sea by large stone dams. That they are called Filippovka cages. This attraction is one of the most interesting in all Solovki Islands, which is somewhat sheltered and can even be seen Pass tourists. The exact date of the construction of dams is still unknown, they probably belong to the buildings of the 16th century.

Filippovskiy cages got its unusual name in honor of the man who was the initiator of the construction of the device - the monastery of Abbot Philip Kolycheva .  It is known that at one time this amazingly able-bodied man has created two artificial pond located on the sea .  These ponds are intended for the purpose of breeding and creating the necessary conditions for the maintenance of valuable marine fish caught, which could very rapidly be delivered to the monastery refectory table at virtually any time .  Over the lifetime of the Solovetsky monastery on the islands it is fishing is the most important of all and the most revenue .  But there were some difficulties, because the characteristic of the Solovetsky Islands the weather is not always conducive to fishing, and almost always interfere with the fishing activities of the monks .  Over time, in the 16th century, the monastery the monks were able to cope with this task, and enough stock so valuable to the Solovetsky monastery fish .  Cages were built right on the beach and is separated from the sea by means of the features of boulder dam, which was conducted through the purifying filter salt water .  Once construction has been completed cages, fishing monastic cloister was completely aligned and brought tangible results .

It is believed that the monks constructed Filippovskiy cages for quite an extended period of time fulfill their role, because according to one of the maps dating back to the 19th century, called cages ponds intended for breeding and fresh cod.

Currently the most notable are the largest of the two dam ponds, which consist of two meter width, but of very long webs, consisting of small boulders. The biggest and longest dam has a height of 2, 5 m and a length of 150 meters, and also better than other separates the pond from the sea surface. The second dam is much lower and is intended to delimit the pond in the center, at the same time sharing the deepest parts of the smallest. All available residues from the nearby small pond at the moment are barely noticeable. To date, all existing dams are in poor condition due to the almost complete destruction. It should be noted that the ponds in connection with the ongoing process much became shallow, because for four centuries there was intensive land uplift.

Today it is quite clear that the construction of Filippovka cages on the Solovetsky Islands was a truly unique phenomenon reflects not only the focus and versatility, as well as a high level of human activities on the natural environment. For this reason, a thorough study and research of the cages, as well as their maximum preservation became the object and purpose of extreme importance, because it is in recent decades has suffered particularly large losses to a large extent reflect on their condition. There are things that just kill a man are all human, after collapsing and dying in front of complete indifference and by the time the monuments of ancient art and culture, can not turn back.