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I love you !!!!!! Karelia

Thursday, 12. November 2009, 22:41:38

I live in Karelia

Karelia (Finnish Karjala, a Swede. Karelen) or Karjala - a historical region in north-eastern Europe, the land Karel. Most of Karelia belongs to Russia, the smaller of Finland. The population of Karelia is a Russian, Finnish, Karels and Veps. The total area of Karelia is about 200 000 km ².

Areli is located between the Baltic and the White Sea. From south to north, it stretches from 60 ° north latitude to the Arctic Circle. To the east, it restricts the White Sea, Onega and Lake Ladoga in the south - the Gulf of Finland. In the west, passes in Finnish Karelia region Savo and Kainuu. The total area of Karelia is about 200,000 km ².

In addition to the administrative division of Karelia consists of six traditional pieces. The northern part of Karelia between the White Sea and the Finnish border is called the White Karelia. To the south it is it Olonetsk Karelia, located between Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga. To the north of the latter is Ladoga Karelia, which together with the Karelian isthmus until 1944 belonged to Finland. The Finnish part of Karelia is divided into the appropriate administrative boundaries of North and South Karelia.

Fauna of Karelia relatively young, it was formed after the Ice Age. Total for the republic's territory inhabited by 63 species of mammals, many of which, for example, the Ladoga ringed seal, flying squirrel and brown long-eared bat are listed as endangered. By the rivers of Karelia can see the huts of European and Canadian beavers. Canadian beaver and muskrat, American mink - acclimated representatives of fauna of North America. Raccoon dog was not an indigenous inhabitant of Karelia, it comes from the Far East. Since the late 1960's began to appear wild boar in southern comes roe. Occurs bear, lynx, badger and wolf.

In Karelia inhabits 285 species of birds, of which 36 species listed in Red Data Book of Karelia. The most common bird - finches. Occurs Borovaya game - grouse, black grouse, the white ptarmigan, capercaillie. Every spring in Karelia from warmer climates come flying geese. Distributed by birds of prey: owls, hawks, eagles, golden eagles, marsh harriers. Also inhabits 40 pairs of rare white-tailed eagles. From waterfowl: ducks, divers, waders, gulls and many of the largest diving ducks Karelia - eider, valuable for its warm down.

Reptiles in the territory of the republic only 5 species: Common viper, too, veretennitsa, viviparous lizard and lizard Sand.

Insects in winter are virtually invisible, but summer around the set of midges: mosquitoes, slimies, midges and flies of many species: gadfly present, zlatoglaziki, dozhdevki, deer horsefly, horsefly gray. In the south of the republic distributed mites. In Karelia can find a rare butterfly Machaon.

The story of Christianity on the island of Valaam is rooted in the distant past. According to legend, in the I century holy Apostle Andrew, in educating the Scythian and Slavic lands, went by water from Novgorod to Balaam, where he destroyed pagan temples of the local tribes and put in the wild cliffs stone cross. After 9 centuries, even before the Baptism of Russia, on Balaam came from "eastern countries" and the first monks - Sergius and Herman of Valaam miracles, repeating the path of the Apostle Andrew. Their labors and prayers of the Valaam monastery was started in the name of the Transfiguration.
Life monks of the monastery on the island of Valaam has always been akin to heroism. Located on the border of Russia and Sweden, the monastery has been repeatedly attacked and ruin. However, the Valaam monks, following the Lord's commandments, never took up arms, dooming themselves to exile, or taking a martyr's death.files.

Like the fauna, flora of Karelia was formed relatively recently - 10-15 thousand years ago. The coniferous forests, to the north - the pine, to the south - and the pine, and fir. The main coniferous species: Scots pine and Norway spruce. Less common spruce Finnish (north of the republic), Siberian spruce (east). Deciduous species are found mainly in the south of Karelia, is: Betula pubescens, white birch, aspen, alder sticky, less lime, elm, maple, alder.

Karelia - the land of berries, grow here in a variety of cranberry, blueberry, cloudberry, blueberry, cranberry, well taken root in the forests raspberries, which had moved from village gardens. In the south of the republic abundantly grow strawberries and currants.
[edit] Minerals and forest

In Karelia, 175 deposits of 24 kinds of minerals. Actively mined mica, feldspar, quartz, facing stone, and a variety of building materials - granite, diabase, marble. There are gold, silver, diamonds, rare metals. Deposits of iron ore, titanium, vanadium, molybdenum. Prospected deposits of uranium ores (primarily Onega).

Since 2008, announced the establishment of a project to develop oil fields in Pudozhsky area.
See also: Pudozh region of Karelia.

Most of the territory of Karelia (148 000 km ², or 85%) took the state forest reserve. The total growing stock of forest resources of all types and ages - 807 million m ³. Mature and overmature forest reserve consists of up to 4.118 billion m ³, of which 3.752 billion m ³ - coniferous forests.

Kizhi

Church of Transfiguration on Kizhi Island ... Domes, dome ... Twenty-two. Swept aside their wings arched "barrels", as if kokoshniki Russian beauties. And on the crest - slender drums and onion domes and crosses, covered with silvery scales ploughshare. In the northern white night they shine over the island of Kizhi enigmatic almost phosphorescent gleam; at sunset, when the sun sinks slowly and majestically into the waters of the lake, they blaze alarming purple. That golubeyut, reflecting the firmament, the dull, leaden, the mossy, green or brown as the earth. One tier, two, three, four ... Still higher and higher over the island of Kizhi and into the sky crashed into the upper head, crowning this ambitious 37 - meter high pyramid.

Balaam

The story of Christianity on the island of Valaam is rooted in the distant past. According to legend, in the I century holy Apostle Andrew, in educating the Scythian and Slavic lands, went by water from Novgorod to Balaam, where he destroyed pagan temples of the local tribes and put in the wild cliffs stone cross. After 9 centuries, even before the Baptism of Russia, on Balaam came from "eastern countries" and the first monks - Sergius and Herman of Valaam miracles, repeating the path of the Apostle Andrew. Their labors and prayers of the Valaam monastery was started in the name of the Transfiguration.
Life monks of the monastery on the island of Valaam has always been akin to heroism. Located on the border of Russia and Sweden, the monastery has been repeatedly attacked and ruin. However, the Valaam monks, following the Lord's commandments, never took up arms, dooming themselves to exile, or taking a martyr's death.

The Kivach

The Kivach located in the Republic of Karelia. Kivach - the second largest, after the Rhine, plain waterfall in Europe. The height of drop of water on Kivach is 10.7 m. It is located Kivach Suna River in the central part of Karelia. Kivach - the most famous waterfall in Karelia. With light hand G.R. Derzhavina - the first Olonets governor and an outstanding poet, who devoted his 1791 ode to the famous "Waterfall", Kivach has taken a prominent place in the work of many poets, artists, writers.
The fate of the Kivach unusual: After the withdrawal in the late 30-ies of its water supply for the needs of Kondopoga HPS, Kivach largely lost its former wildness and subsided. Only during the spring floods Kivach again awakes, but not for long ... However, in his usual form of the Kivach still beautiful. Compressed basalt cliffs of the river water Suna with an eight-altitude heavy cast stream falls down, forming a powerful, with patches of foam, creating a whirlpool and an impressive noise. Even 20-30 years ago under Kivach could see Onezhskiy salmon, but now, according to the divers, his sheer walls stand like large bream, perch, pike.
The Kivach located in the center of the reserve Kivach 60 km. from Petrozavodsk - the capital of the Republic of Karelia. By Kivach is a pleasant forest road, on which each year to meet with him coming up to 30-40 thousand tourists. The most famous visitor of the Kivach - Emperor Alexander II. On the occasion of his arrival (1868), was laid to Kivach good road, built an arbor on the right bank and a house for the night - on the left and below the Kivach - the bridge across the Sun. In those days Kivach attended no more than 200 people a year.

Solovki

Solovki. Their nature is harsh. Surrounded nelaskovym North Sea, Solovki for several months, isolated from the mainland. Spring comes to Solovki until mid-May, and snow stored in ravines, almost half of the summer.
Not everyone liking Solovki. But we must recognize that Solovki truly beautiful. Solovki different healthy climate. The cold sea winds carry with them a refreshing freshness. In Island Lake - a wonderful healing water. In contrast to the continental land frosts in winter does not come in here too cruel. But nature alone could not make these places so well known.
Slava Solovki received by the famous Solovetsky monastery, with its stone walls and a variety of form and silhouette of the cult and civic buildings.
In the ancient description of the Solovetsky Monastery Archimandrite Dosifei can read: "For ten miles Solovetsky monastery begins to show him sailing on the White Sea. Here he presents many huge white buildings, churches and kolokolennyh genital structures of the upper tower, adorned with spire. All this, closed his together, form the distant gaze though not extensive, but rather Furnished structure of the city. We approach these things over to the monastery, at the first general look at his appearance, accept the mixed feelings of sweet, strange and majestic.
These feelings and experiences every now staying at Solovki. The mighty castle walls, heavy squat tower, completed conical, covered with planks caps - the first thing that attracts attention and is embodied in the memory of arriving at Solovki.