Submerged church

Many towns and villages were submerged when this great waterway project was undertaken. This is all that remains of the church at Krokhind.

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Kizhi and Goritsy

September 8th 2010
Wednesday 8th September 2010 By breakfast time the ship was tied up to the jetty at the island of Kizhi, which is near the centre of Lake Onega. By the time we disembarked several other ships had tied to us. A tour guide was allocated and we set off along a path to several interesting buildings in the distance. These we found were several old churches, a house in which the original settl ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest

Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more

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