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Karelia is a region in Northwestern Russia, known as the country of lakes. It has a strong cultural connection with Finland, with the ethnic Karelians closely related to the Finns. Much of the Finnish national epic Kalevala was collected here.
- Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia,...
- Kizhi
Kizhi is an island in Karelia, Russia. It is part of the...
- South Karelia
Parikkala is a municipality of Finland located in the...
- Panorama
El parque nacional Paanajärvi se encuentra ubicado en el...
- North Karelia
North Karelia is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the...
- Vologda Oblast
Neighbors: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Karelia, Kirov Oblast,...
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast is a region in northwestern Russia, which...
- Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast is a region of...
- Petrozavodsk
Karelia stretches from the White Sea coast to the Gulf of Finland. It contains the two largest lakes in Europe, Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. The Karelian Isthmus is located between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga. The highest point of Karelia, the 576 metres (1,890 ft) high Nuorunen, is located on the Russian side of the Maanselka hill ...
There are 60,000 lakes in Karelia. The republic's lakes and swamps contain about 2,000 km 3 of high-quality fresh water. Lake Ladoga (Finnish: Laatokka ) and Lake Onega ( Ääninen ) are the largest lakes in Europe .
15 paź 2024 · Karelia, respublika (republic), far northwestern Russia. It is bordered to the north by Nenets, to the east by the White Sea, to the south by Lake Ladoga, and to the west by Finland. The capital is Petrozavodsk, on the western shore of Lake Onega.
29 cze 2018 · Karelia stretches from the coast of the White Sea to the Gulf of Finland. The two largest lakes in Europe, Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga, are located in Karelia. The region north of Lake Ladoga was Finnish territory before the Second World War and is referred as Ladoga Karelia.
A wonderful landscape of blue lakes with crystal clear water, magnificent waterfalls and healing springs, hillocks and barren rock and dense virgin forests attracts more and more visitors from the overpopulated regions of both Russia and Western Europe every year, giving them a great chance to enjoy virgin northern European nature.
Karelia is a region in the North-West of Russia. Half of the Karelian territory is covered with forest, and a quarter is the water surface. Arriving here, you can see such famous monuments of wooden architecture as the monastery on Lake Ladoga, the Valaam archipelago, and the island of Kizhi, located on the island of Lake Onega.
