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Thank you for sharing your views of the world that I doubt that I will even be able to see in person. A guided tour through the highlights of your area makes me wish I was more of a world travelerToday we have a gubernatorial election and my daughter's school was taken away for voting. I looked at this and decided not to go to work.
My daughter and I sat, thought, leafed through the map, and then headed towards Karelia.
The Church of St. Andrew on the Vuoksa (the name of the river)
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The church turned out to be closed. Opening hours are Saturday-Sunday from 12:00 to 17:00. The pastor clearly doesn't get tired at work...
The Ryaisalya parish church.
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Now the village club. I photographed almost the same church in Primorsk. But these are different ends of the Karelian Isthmus. I googled it, and it's definitely the same architect.
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Then we drove to the coast of Lake Ladoga. The pier and the Vuokhensalo lighthouse. Now it's called Motornaya Bay.
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We arrived in Priozersk closer to six in the evening. So the city fortress-museum "Korela" was left for the morning. We walked around the city. The only worthy attraction of the city, besides the fortress, was the Finnish church of 1930.
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There is also the Valaam courtyard. With a church of 1982 and a cemetery next to it. It is interesting that the church was built by a Finnish architect, but in the neo-Russian style.
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But the territory was ruined by building another church there in the early 2000s. Right at the entrance. The project was drawn by priests together with local businessmen. I didn’t even take a picture of this wretchedness.
Well, tomorrow the fortress and we will move on, into the depths of Karelia!![]()
What a great Pic!
Today we have a gubernatorial election and my daughter's school was taken away for voting. I looked at this and decided not to go to work.
My daughter and I sat, thought, leafed through the map, and then headed towards Karelia.
The Church of St. Andrew on the Vuoksa (the name of the river)
![]()
![]()
The church turned out to be closed. Opening hours are Saturday-Sunday from 12:00 to 17:00. The pastor clearly doesn't get tired at work...
The Ryaisalya parish church.
![]()
![]()
Now the village club. I photographed almost the same church in Primorsk. But these are different ends of the Karelian Isthmus. I googled it, and it's definitely the same architect.
![]()
Then we drove to the coast of Lake Ladoga. The pier and the Vuokhensalo lighthouse. Now it's called Motornaya Bay.
![]()
![]()
We arrived in Priozersk closer to six in the evening. So the city fortress-museum "Korela" was left for the morning. We walked around the city. The only worthy attraction of the city, besides the fortress, was the Finnish church of 1930.
![]()
There is also the Valaam courtyard. With a church of 1892 and a cemetery next to it. It is interesting that the church was built by a Finnish architect, but in the neo-Russian style.
![]()
![]()
But the territory was ruined by building another church there in the early 2000s. Right at the entrance. The project was drawn by priests together with local businessmen. I didn’t even take a picture of this wretchedness.
Well, tomorrow the fortress and we will move on, into the depths of Karelia!![]()
I WANT EVERYTHING IN THIS PHOTO!