A visit to Petrozavodsk in Karelia (Northwest Russia) and a visit to Kizhi Island (2006). This is one of the items I can mark off of my things to do in life. http://kizhi.karelia.ru/main_menu_e.htm
Kizhi Island
Naberzhnaya (The Bank) Petrozavodsk
Lake Onega
Our Transport to the Island
Russian Hydrofoil Arriving at Kizhi
My First Look at the Church of The Transfiguration & Related Structures
Kizhi Island
I had to be able to prove I was here
To the right of the picture stands the Church of the Intercession
An old Peasant Home
Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus
Built by Peter the 1st (1710 ) at Mars Waters (Natural Springs)
The Falls @ Kavatch
Doll Museum in Petrozavodsk
I salute Comrade Lenin while a former "Communist" checks my reverence