National Museum in Petrozavodsk

Guess a riddle: "Modern and interesting, cognitive and not boring"? It's hard to imagine that the correct answer is a museum! This is how visitors respond (which on average comes here about 50 000 people per year) of the National Museum of the Republic of Karelia in Petrozavodsk.

Arriving in Petrozavodsk, first of all go to the embankment of Onega Lake - the pride of the city, its business card and a favorite place of rest for the townspeople. The official opening of the Onega embankment took place in 1994.

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Petrozavodsk

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Petrozavodsk - the main cathedral of the Karelian eparchy - was built in the first half of the 19th century in memory of the Patriotic War of 1812. Alexander Nevsky - the patron of Novgorod Puppet theater

We all come from childhood, and dolls.. - Part of the memories of this wonderful time! If you are traveling with kids a half years or students, and want to own a short time become a child again, the Puppet Theater in Petrozavodsk - the place is worth a visit

Monument to Peter I in Petrozavodsk

Attractions Peter I was 31 years old when he founded Petrozavodsk (and St. Petersburg), and to the bicentennial anniversary of his birth, in 1872, in the capital of Karelia was cast monument that several times changed its location, but in and Aage was in the heart of Petrozavodsk -.. on the shore of Lake Onega

recreation park in Petrozavodsk

Attractions Petrozavodsk For the past three centuries, the park of culture and rest in Petrozavodsk reminds of the historical moment of the foundation of the city - it was here that the first stone of the blast furnace shop was laid, around which Petrozavodsk was later founded.

The Finnish Theater

Touch the Karelian culture, see Karelian-Finnish epic "Kalevala" and just listen to the Karelian speech can be at the National Theater of the Republic of Karelia in Petrozavodsk (Petrozavodsk call it "the Finnish theater").