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In the region of Karelia, full of lakes and impressive landscapes, nature is the true queen. There are few cities and a few islands, of which, Kizhi Island, is an outdoor museum.

The largest city in the region is the regional capital, the city of Petrozavodsk. The city lies on the banks of Lake Onega. This city is known for its buildings, built in the neoclassical architectural style.

Petrozavodsk is known for its squares and neoclassical buildings, stresses the Plaza Redonda, which dates from the eighteenth century but was rebuilt in the nineteenth century. One of the most important and famous is the Aleksander Nevsky Cathedral, which dates from 1832. Even today you can see where they built the first church in Petrozavodsk in 1703.

Other attractions include the statues and monuments around the city, such as granite and bronze statue of Peter I, 1832, and the statue of Derzhavin Gavrila, an eighteenth century poet. The statue of Kirov is one of the most majestic of the city.

The city lies along the Gulf of Petrozavodsk. The embankment has been remodeled and is now made of granite and marble from the region. It is decorated with various statues postmodernists, and many of the statues are gifts from sister cities around the world.

The history is very present in this city on the banks of Lake Onega. Even today you can see a statue of Lenin in one of the central squares, while one of the most important streets still bear the name of Karl Marx. This avenue is one of the main streets, ranging from the Kirov Square, known for having four theaters, almost to the lake. The street has a huge park on one side while on the other side are the best cafes and shops in the city.

This city has a great culture. Here is the Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1933. The Musical Theatre of Karelia, founded in 1955, is the most prestigious theater in the region, although another major theater is the theater Finnish National Theatre of Karelia. It also highlights the National Library of Karelia, which has a large collection of historical archives. One of the most important museums is the National Museum, which dates from 1871 and has large collections of artifacts and art from the region of Karelia and the rest of Russia and Finland, as well as a branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Near the city is Martisialnye Vody, the country’s oldest spa. This spa was founded in 1714 by Peter I. The spa has its own museum that tells the story of the hot springs and place, although there are no remains of the Royal Palace that was here.

The region is famous for its natural landscape, barely big cities. There are two nature reserves, the National Park Vodlozhero of over 6,000 square kilometers and Paanajärvi National Park. Vodlozhero National Park and famous for the lake Vygozero. Paanajärvi National Park dating from 1992 and has a common border with another nature reserve, Oulanka National Park in Finland.

Karelia is a region that lies between two Nordic countries, Russia and Finland. The region is noted for its stunning natural landscapes filled with forests and lakes.

Karelia has access to both the White Sea and the Gulf of Finland. Here are two of the largest lakes in Europe, Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega.

The republic of Karelia is located in the Russian part of Karelia. This region has its own language, like Finnish, and an ancient culture.

Some of the highlights of the region include some traditional villages and towns. Pegrema is an abandoned village that is located on the shores of Lake Onega. The old wooden houses are still standing. All these houses are made of hardwood, and its windows have views over the beautiful lake. There is even a small chapel dating from 1770.

This region is also the famous island of Kizhi. The island, located near Lake Onega, is quite small but notable for its unusual architecture and open-air museum. This can be seen in Kizhi Pogost, some churches dating from the seventeenth century. In the 1950s, some structures that were previously scattered throughout the region were transported to the city to keep them.

The open-air museum of Kizhi was opened in 1951. There are Kizhi Pogost and 87 structures, all built without nails, using hardwood on a stone base. Therefore, the region now has more than 80 wooden structures and is a sort of outdoor museum, and was recently named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The Kizhi Pogost a historical site dating from the seventeenth century. All buildings are wood and were built without using a single nail. Emphasize the two main structures.

The first church is the church, or Tserkov Preobrazheniya Gospodnya is considered a summer church, since there is no heating. The altar of this unique wooden church dates from 1714. Inside the church there are about 102 icons, and the oldest dating from the seventeenth century. This church has 22 domes and is about 37 meters high.

The second church is known as Pokrovskaya Tserkov, and is considered the winter church, because here there is heating, which allowed celebrating Mass during the colder months. This church was first rebuilt when a fire wiped out all the original structures in the seventeenth century. This church, 32 feet high, has nine domes and not a single nail.

There is also a bell tower was built in 1862 on the ruins of the old bell tower. The tower is 30 meters high and was rebuilt twice more since the wood was deteriorating rapidly.

The Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus fourteenth century is also located within the Pogost, and is one of the oldest churches in the country. Formerly, the church was part of the Murom Monastery.

There are still remnants of the old wall that was built in the seventeenth century to protect the region from Polish and Swedish invasion. Party was rebuilt last century. The wall is located near the two oldest churches, and the bell tower. At the entrance of the wall is a big tower.

In the Museum there are several exhibitions on the ancient icons of saints, which date from the XVI and XIX. Some galleries display everyday objects that were used from the sixteenth century, in addition to old drawings and photographs that represent both the more traditional side as the most modern Khizhi and the region.

Kizhi is located near Kem. Kem is a small historic town of Karelia is situated on the banks of the Kern River and the White Sea. In this charming town with beautiful scenery are also several wooden structures that date from centuries past. Kem Cathedral stands dating from the early eighteenth century and is full of elaborate seventeenth-century icons.

On the island of Kizhi is also home to several species of birds, fish and animals. There are great forests full of different types of trees, and landscapes from the small nearby islands are breathtaking.

The lands of the region are used for agriculture, but even today retain some of the farms as part of the open-air museum. Other activities typical of the region are making hand-made wooden toys and production of jewelry and handmade embroideries.