Petrozavodsk
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Petrozavodsk is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers (17 mi). The population of the city is 280,890 as of 2022.
A church in Petrozavodsk, as photographed ca. 1912 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
Round Square in central Petrozavodsk
The administration and the Petrozavodsk council occupy the building at 2 Lenin Prospect
The Petrozavodsk State University
Lake Onega
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Lake Onega is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basin of the Baltic Sea, and is the second-largest lake in Europe after Lake Ladoga, slightly smaller than Lebanon. The lake is fed by about 50 rivers and is drained by the Svir.
The Dormition Church in Kondopoga before its destruction by an arsonist in 2018
A 14th-century wooden church from the Muromsky Monastery (considered to be the oldest wooden building in Russia)
Image: Onego lake
Image: Мыс Бесов нос (вид с коптера)