Kizhi Island is located in Zaonezhie, in the northern part of Onega Lake. In the middle of the last century, the Museum-Reserve of Wooden Architecture and Ethnography of Karelia was established in Kizhi

First, in the open-air museum of the nearby islands, some ancient peasant houses typical of Zaonezhye were transported, and then other monuments of wooden architecture of Karelia : churches and chapels, peasant houses, mills, barns, rigs, smithies and baths, most of which were built in the 19 - early 20's . So on the island of Kizhi a special architectural-e a nographic exhibition that introduces visitors to the traditional culture of all ethnic groups in Karelia .

All this splendor can be seen during many cruises, including those on the Onega Lake from such cities as St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Volgograd , Kostroma, Kazan, Saratov, Cheboksary, Cherepovets, Yaroslavl. Cruises from southern cities of Russia reaching Kizhi last up to 25 days and the shortest from 5 days