The following links are useful to understand the destination. They do not have to correspond with the opinion of the collector! Therefore origin and language are mentioned. Some of the sites are older, specially some of Russian origin...
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Russia in general

Russia

English

Detailed description of Russia by the CIA.

(American origin)

Russia's Weather Forecast - Cities

English

Weather-forecast for Russian cities!

Huge! Just select the region and the city...

(Russian origin)

Russische Föderation - Sicherheitshinweise

German

Current information by the German Foreign Office concerning safety while travelling Russia.

(German origin)

Touristic

Russische Barentsregion (I): Republik Karelien

German

Short description

(German origin)

Streifzüge durch Karelien

German

Collection of links concerning sites (German / English / Russian / Finnish) about Karelian matters

(German origin)

REPUBLIC KARELIA - GENERAL INFORMATION

German

Short description

(Finnish origin)

Karelia Index

English

Summary of "http://www.karelia.ru/"

(Russian origin)

Republic of Karelia

English

The "official" site (index)

(Russian origin)

Karelia

English

Short description

(Russian origin)

Karelia

English

Small collection of links

(Canadian origin)

Karelia travel guide

English

Index of "travel guide"

(Russian origin)

Ladoga's Karelia

English

The Ladoga Sea region

(Russian origin)

PETROSAWODSK

German

Short description of the capital

(Finnish origin)

Petrozavodsk - Karelia's capital city

English

The capital (with map)

(Russian origin)

The region of Onega

English

The Onega Sea region

(Russian origin)

Kizhi

English

The attractions of Kizhi

(Canadian origin)

History

The Many Karelias

English

Karelia's history is complicated...

(Finnish origin)

HISTORY of KARELIA

English

Detailed summary of Karelian history.

(Finnish origin)

Kareliens Wurzel liegen tief / Karelier der Frühzeit

German

The past... The future?

(German origin)

Karelia - Finland's hot potato

English

Return of "Russian Karelia" back to Finland?

(Finnish origin)

Decades of possibilities and impossibilities

English

The question of Karelia...

(Finnish origin)

Drawing borders with swords and scimitars

English

War changed the border line...

(Finnish origin)

Stalin's plan to bisect Finland

English

The winterwar...

(Finnish origin)

Names of the Karelian Republic reflect its history

English

The different names of current "Russian Karelia"...

(Finnish origin)

K a r e l i a n i s m

English

Kalevala emerged national consciousness.

(Finnish origin)

Kalevala - The Finnish National Epic

English

Kalevala - The Finnish National Epic

(Finnish origin)

Maps

Karelien-Karte

German

Small survey map

(German origin)

Karelia on the European map

English

Where lies Karelia? The "official" map

(Russian origin)

Location of the Karelian Republic in Europe

English

Location of the "Russian Republic Karelia"

(Finnish origin)

Karelia

English

Location of Karelia in Russia

(Russian origin)

Districts of Karelian Republic

English

Map of the districts

(Finnish origin)

Geographical Definitions of Karelia

English

The different regions called
"Karelia" on one map

(Finnish origin)

Karten von Karelien

German

Karelia: Change of the borders through the past

(German origin)

Stadtplan Petrosawodsk

German

Small citymap

(German origin)

Map of Petrozavodsk

English

Small citymap with additional information's

(Russian origin)

Map of Valaam

English

Sensitive map of the monastery island of Valaam

(Russian origin)

Map of Kizhi

Russian

Sensitive map of the open air museum Kizhi (Cyrillic inscription refer to Sites in English!)

(Russian origin)

Other stories about travelling Russia

Travel Libary: Russia

English

Russia travel and tourism information, travelogues, travel stories, trip reports

(American origin)

GENERAL INFORMATION: Cycling in Russia

English

General informations about touring Russia with a cycle...

(Russian origin)

A Little Story of Cycling in a Big Country

English

This tour went from Dubna to Helsinki...
It covers Petrozavodsk and Kizhi!

(German origin)

Nemetsky Cape

English

They wanted to cycle "to the Last Northern Point of Russian Europe"...

(Russian origin)

Cycling into Russia

English

By cycle from Kirkenes (N) to Nikel (Rus).

(Norwegian origin)

   

A little remark:

Nikel is a mining community within the Petsamo-area...
See Nature's blessing - Petsamo's curse for more details on the environmental problems...

Just around the corner from Nikel (a little more than 40 km south of it) in Prirechnyj (Russische Barentsregion / Prirechnyj) the "Nature-Barents-Center (report)" was build. It was one of the "Nature Projects ’99". (Despite the fancy English names the whole information's of the projects by Red Prince are only available in German!)

Comments on Bike Trip in NW Russia

English

A Russian comment on the story above, much more interesting!

(Russian origin)

Convoy To Murmansk

English

Five men and their old - mostly Russian made - motorbikes discover Karelia!

(Finnischer Ursprung)