Kizhi Island

Volga-Baltic waterway

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July 11th 2013
The Volga-Baltic canal facilitates boat travel from St Petersburg on the Baltic across Russia to Astrakhan on the Black Sea. We departed St Petersburg on the Neva River and entered Lake Ladoga. After traversing Lake Ladoga, we exited on the Svir River which flows from the Onega Lake. The Volga-Baltic canal links Lake Onega to the Kovzna River, White Lake, the Upper and Lower Sheksna Rivers, and th ... read more

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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