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Kizhi Island, Lake Onega and the Svir River

Left: Entering Lake Onega, the second largest in Europe - the largest being the nearby Lake Ladoga.

Above: The Bell tower, Transfiguration Cathedral and Intercession Church that are jointly known as the Kizhi Ensemble.

Left: This house is one of the many wooden building that make Kizhi Island a unique World Heritage site.

Below: Inside the Intercession Church.


Right: The Transfiguration Cathedral.


Left: A Wooden church with bell tower. One of the many wooden buidilgs transfered to Kizhi Island from elsewhere in Russia.

Above: Windmill, with the Bell tower, Transfiguration Cathedral and Intercession Church (the Kizhi Ensemble) in the background.

left: Approaching Lower Svir Lock and hydroelectric plant en route to Lake Ladoga and St Petersburgh.


Right: Lower Svir Lock is one of the few Russian locks that I saw with any kind of garden.

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