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  PlaceKizhi Island, KareliaKizhi Island, located 68 km from Petrozavodsk on Lake Onega in Karelia, is home to an open-air museum containing 83 monuments of…Medvezhyegorsky+Trip
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  PlaceKizhi Open-Air Museum, KareliaKizhi Open-Air Museum is a UNESCO World Heritage site on an island in Lake Onega, featuring the iconic 22-domed Church of the…Medvezhyegorsky+Trip
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  PlaceRuskeala Mountain Park, KareliaA flooded marble quarry transformed into an adventure park, featuring a dramatic turquoise canyon, underground tunnels, boat rides and zip-lining across cliffs.…Sortavalsky+Trip
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  PlaceKivach Waterfall, KareliaA 10.7-meter-high cascade waterfall on the Suna River, located in Kondopoga District in the Republic of Karelia. By water volume, it is…Kondopozhsky+Trip
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  PlaceKivach Nature Reserve, KareliaEstablished in 1931, Kivach Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve created to study and protect the taiga of the Republic of…Kondopozhsky+Trip
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  PlacePaanajärvi National Park, KareliaA remote wilderness park on the Finnish border containing Karelia's highest peak and the region's deepest lake. Accessible only by advance booking,…Loukhsky+Trip
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  PlaceVodlozero National Park, KareliaVodlozero National Park is one of Europe's largest protected wilderness areas, covering 4,280 square kilometers across Karelia and Arkhangelsk Oblast. The park…+Trip
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  PlaceNational Museum of the Republic of Karelia, KareliaFounded in 1871, this is one of northwestern Russia's oldest and most important cultural institutions. The museum holds around 120,000 artifacts spanning…Petrozavodsk+Trip
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  PlacePetrozavodsk Lake Onega Embankment, KareliaA picturesque landscaped zone stretching about 1.5 to 2 kilometres along Lake Onega's shore, paved with granite stones and featuring a collection…Karelia+Trip
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  PlaceWhite Bridges Waterfall, KareliaA 19-meter cascade waterfall on the Kulismajoki River with two arms and ruins of a white stone bridge. The tallest waterfall in…Sortavalsky+Trip
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  PlaceValaam Island and Monastery, KareliaA stauropegic Orthodox monastery located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga in Russian Karelia. Famous for the monastery from the…Republic of Karelia+Trip
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  PlaceMount Vottovaara, KareliaThe highest peak of the West Karelian Upland, a windswept ridge crowned with over a thousand mysterious stone formations called seids and…Muezersky+Trip
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  PlaceWhite Sea Petroglyphs, KareliaStone carvings from 6–7 thousand years ago depicting hunting and sailing scenes, animal and human footprints, located on islands in the lower…Belomorsky+Trip
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  PlaceLake Onega Petroglyphs, KareliaNeolithic rock art dating to circa 4,500 BCE to 3,500 BCE, with 22 carving sites featuring about 1,200 figures on the eastern…Pudozhsky+Trip
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  PlaceKinerma Village, KareliaKinerma is a unique historical monument of the traditional wooden architecture of the Livvi Karelians. In 2016 Kinerma was included in The…Pryazhinsky+Trip
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  PlacePetrozavodsk, KareliaThe capital of Karelia on the shore of Lake Onega, founded as a cannon factory in 1703. A gateway to Kizhi Island's…Arkhangelsk Oblast+Trip
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  PlaceSortavala, KareliaSortavala is a historic town on the northern shore of Lake Ladoga in Karelia, featuring Finnish Art Nouveau architecture and serving as…Sortavalsky+Trip
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  PlaceLadoga Skerries National Park, KareliaLadoga Skerries National Park spans 122,000 hectares on the northern and northwestern coasts of Lake Ladoga, protecting unique natural complexes with no…Karelia+Trip
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  PlaceLake Ladoga, KareliaLake Ladoga is the largest lake located entirely in Europe, a freshwater expanse of 17,891 km² located in the Republic of Karelia…Karelia+Trip
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  PlaceLake Onega, KareliaLake Onega, located in the Karelian region of northwestern Russia, is the second-largest lake in Europe, covering approximately 3,700 square miles (9,700…Karelia+Trip
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  PlaceAkhinkoski Waterfalls, KareliaA series of cascading waterfalls on the Tohmajoki River near Ruskeala in southern Karelia, featuring a well-maintained ecotrail with wooden bridges and…+Trip
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  PlaceGirvas Paleovolcano, KareliaA Paleoproterozoic paleovolcano dating back 2–3 billion years, preserved as frozen lava flows and crater traces in the Suna River bed. One…Kondopozhsky+Trip