Interesting facts about Karelia and photostraveler

Tue, Jan 19, 2016

The Republic of Karelia is located in the northwest of the Russian
Federation, bordered by Finland. In 1703, when the
Northern War of Russia with Sweden, in the lower reaches of the Lososinka River,
which flows into Lake Onega, by decree of Peter I was laid
cast iron cannon-making plant. Over time, around him
the settlement, in which the artisans lived with their families,
received the name of Peter. In 1777 it was transformed
to the city of Petrozavodsk.

Today Petrozavodsk is the capital of Karelia. It is located on the shore
Lake Onega is the second largest in Europe. The length of it
more than 200 km., the maximum depth is 127 m., the area is almost
10 thousand sq. Km

In the northern part of Lake Onega there is a small island.
Kizhi, about 6 km long. Now there is a State
historical-architectural and ethnographic museum-reserve “Kizhi”.
The main attraction of the reserve is considered to be
Kizhi architectural ensemble, which is a real masterpiece
Russian wooden architecture. It includes the majestic
twenty-two-headed Church of the Transfiguration, ten-headed Pokrovskaya
Church, hipped bell tower and church fence.

Despite the fact that these buildings differ from each other as
style and time of construction, they constitute a single
artistic whole. Another virtue of a wooden ensemble is in its
organic fusion with nature. Architecture enhances beauty
landscape and vice versa. In addition to these buildings, the open-air museum
includes various religious buildings and dwellings related
to the XIV-XIX centuries. All of them were transported to Kizhi from various
districts of Karelia.

Lake Ladoga is the largest inland water body in Europe. Him
length from south to north – 220 km., reaches 80 in width
km., depth in some places exceeds 200 m., area – 17.7 thousand sq. km. AT
Ладогу впадают судоходные реки ATолхов и Свирь, из нее вытекает
beautiful Neva. The shores of the lake are very diverse – northwest
rocky coast, rugged deep narrow bays,
resembling miniature Norwegian fjords.

The northeastern shore of Ladoga is lower, the rocks alternate with sandy
plots, in some places overgrown with pine forest. Southwestern and Southern
the shores of the lake are low, covered with pebbles and boulders, there are
overgrown reeds and reeds.

Steep cliffs steep cliffs above Ladoga
ATалаамского архипелага, в который входит свыше пятидесяти островов.
Самый большой остров этого архипелага – ATалаам знаменит своим
ancient monastery. Some church historians consider
временем основания ATалаамского монастыря X век. AT XIV — XVI веках
He was the largest monastery in the north of Russia. ATалаам интересен и
the unique beauty of nature and the creations of human hands – cathedrals,
sketes, chapels, monks built on the islands.

On the White Sea, at the entrance to the Onega Bay, a group towers
Solovetsky Islands, on which are located the famous Solovetsky
monastery and its own monasteries, chapels, residential and economic
the buildings. This monastery-fortress was also a defensive outpost
Russia and the place of exile. Solovetsky is here now
historical, architectural and natural museum-reserve.

Karelia has many more sights – this one
amazingly beautiful and fertile land that is interesting
look and where you can relax and get away from work,
everyday worries, hustle and bustle of the city, find spiritual
equilibrium. Nature is rich in forests and lakes with rocky shores
(both large – Ladoga and Onega lakes, and small,
small lakes are called lamb bugs). Settlements
are located quite rarely, which is unusual for people coming
from big cities or densely populated areas.

It seems that you get to a remote corner of Russia,
with “dense” forests and impassable swamps. But this primordial
and unspoiled man nature and is the main component
delights of rest in Karelia. Few places in Russia near
St. Petersburg and not very far from Moscow can be found such
beautiful places, clean air and various recreational opportunities –
hiking in the forest for mushrooms and berries, fishing and hunting, as well as
visiting the sights of the region.

Holidays in Karelia are of interest both to tourists
prefer to rest “savages” and for people who do not want
to part with the benefits of civilization – to their services various bases
recreation, hotels, park hotels with the corresponding complex
services.

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