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KIZHI
This peninsula on the northern shore of Lake Onega is
first and foremost an open-air museum of wooden
architecture. Wooden structures have been brought
here from the surrounding region, including some cute
little peasant houses (izba) and several churches.
The island boasts an interesting icon collection,
though the most famous relic on Kizhi is the much-
photographed twenty-two-cupola wooden Church of the
Transfiguration that was built without nails. People
tired of inhaling second-hand smoke will be glad to
hear that Kizhi is a no-smoking zone.
You can use St. Petersburg as your base to get to
Kizhi, or else head to the town of Petrozavodsk and
take a boat from there (summer only). Located on the
southwest shore of Lake Onega, this depressing
industrial town's only merit is that it is convenient
to Kizhi.
How to Get There
The City Excursion Bureau has two days/one night or
four days/five night cruises to Kizhi and Valaam two
or three times per month. Naberezhnaya Krasnogo Flota
56. No nearby metro. Open 10:00-18:00 Mon-Fri. Tel:
311 2445.
Sputnik offers cruises to Valaam and Kizhi. The
Valaam cruise happens every summer weekend and is a
two-day/one-night affair. The Kizhi cruise lasts five
days and includes stops in Valaam and Petrozavodsk;
it runs only in the end of May and in September and
October. They can provide translators if necessary.
Ulitsa Chapygina 4. Metro: Petrogradskaya. Open 10:00
-18:00 Mon-Fri. Tel: 234 3500.
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