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SAFARI TOURS
Valaam- Valaam archipelago consists of fifty islands. Valaam nature is wonderful: sheer
rocks raising high from the depths, little islands, capes, bays... Straits, lakes and
sullen granite rocks reflect everything in their azure, and tall coniferous trees complete
the marvelous, magnificent picture. The history of this northern archipelago goes back
to the ancient times. The legends ascribe the
first Slavic settlements on the Valaam to the 9th - 10th centuries. Every stone of Valaam
constructions is bound up with history and Russian monarchs. Practically all Russian
tsars participated in Valaam reconstruction. By energies of Peter I and Empress Elizabeth
the church of Assumption, the five-domed cathedral of Transfiguration, and the church
of Christmas was reconstructed and consecrated. This place was visited by emperors Alexander
I and Alexander II together with his family. Nowadays Valaam attracts by its intact
nature, the spirit of the past time and Our Savior Transfiguration Monastery, which
active again, rising high over the waters and surrounded by primeval forest. Duration of THE PERL OF LADOGA TOUR - 3-7 days. Kizhi island is situated in a wonderful country of blue lakes, waterfalls, hillocks and barren rock of Karelia, on the picturesque Onega Lake. Kizhi island is famous for its 14th century wooden architecture. The Kizhi open-air museum has 70 monuments among of which there are chapels, peasant houses, windmills, barns, blacksmith's shops, roadside crosses. Some of them have been preserved on their original sites, some were moved to the museum from other parts of Karelia. The Church of the Transfiguration- dating back to the 17th century, the amazing creation
of unknown masters of the past built without single nail astounds with its height and
the 22 beautiful domes. Duration of KIZHI ISLAND TOUR - 3-7 days. |
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