A documentary review of Karelia reveals the strategic importance of the region in European history, the legacy of the mining industry in Ruskeala, the development of Petrozavodsk as a military center and the role of Lake Ladoga as the lifeblood of besieged Leningrad.
- Duration
- 25 min 34 s
- Start
- Lake Ladoga
- End
- Neva River
- Stops
- 14
- Channel author
- НАД ГОРОДАМИ
Timestamps and places
- — Primorskaya Metro Station (Ladoga: historical territorial conflicts and sieges)
- — Karelia (Karelia: regional overview and conflicts with Lithuania, Finland, Germany)
- — Ladozhskaya Metro Station (Modern Karelia: tourism (1M+ annual visitors))
- — Ladoga Manor (Ladoga Manor) (Karelia geography: territory three times larger than Latvia)
- — Lake Onega (White Sea and Barents Sea: northern maritime access)
- — Ruskeala Mountain Park (Ruskeala Mountain Park: natural monument and mining heritage)
- — Kizhi Island (St. Petersburg Metro: Primorskaya and Ladozhskaya stations with Ruskeala marble)
- — Sortavala (Sortavala: retro-tourist train from railway station)
- — Valaam Island (Ladoga Manor: exotic leisure destination)
- — Petrozavodsk (Petrozavodsk: capital of Karelia, post-WWII industrial restoration)
- — Lake Ladoga (Lake Ladoga: Europe's largest freshwater lake)
- — Saint Petersburg (Neva River: only outflow to Saint Petersburg)
- — Vyborg (Volga-Baltic and White Sea-Baltic canal systems)
- — Neva River (WWII significance: Ladoga as lifeline to besieged Leningrad)
- — Road of Life: winter supply route across frozen lake
- — Imperial visits: Emperors Alexander I and II
- — White nights phenomenon in northern regions
Route on the map
OVER KARELIA. IS IT SO GOOD HERE?