From St. Petersburg to Karelia

This author"s guide is published in the year of the century of education of the Republic of Karelia. The book contains information not only about tourist routes and attractions that this land is rich in, but also about the history of Karelia and the northeast of the Leningrad region, local legends and amazing people. It was here that the overwhelming part of the runes that made up the epic “Kalevala” was collected, here, in Zaonezhie, the famous Russian storytellers, in particular, Irina Fedosova and Trofim Ryabinin, who retained many Russian epics, songs and cries for us, lived.
The book is designed for the widest circle of readers - everyone who loves to travel and who is not indifferent to the past, the present and future of this wonderful region