{"id":6613,"date":"2026-05-17T21:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T18:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kakisalmimuseo.fi\/?page_id=6613"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:52:53","slug":"laatokka-karjalan-meri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kakisalmimuseo.fi\/en\/kakisalmi-museo\/laatokka-karjalan-meri\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Ladoga \u2013 Karelian Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LAKE LADOGA \u2013 THE SEA OF KARELIA<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\"museovirasto.llatokanvenemunkit\"<\/a><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Lake Ladoga boat developed over the centuries\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tThe boats typical of Lake Ladoga developed over hundreds of years to suit the conditions of the lake. Influences came from many directions. Models and lessons were taken, among other places, from the White Sea. According to Western sailors, White Sea vessels in the 16th century were clinker-built\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tKarelian ancient hillforts\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tHillforts are elevated terrain features or islands with man-made stone or earth ramparts or other man-made structures. In the region of the ceded Karelia, there are numerous places whose names refer to a fort or surveillance.\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThe tourist appeal of Sortavala, K\u00e4kisalmi and Valaam\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tDuring the interwar period, the northern shore of Lake Ladoga developed into one of Finland's best-known tourist regions. Sortavala in particular rose to become an internationally renowned tourist town, through which people travelled to the Ladoga archipelago, the Valaam Monastery and the ridge landscapes of Karelia. At the same time, K\u00e4kisalmi, or\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThe \u00c5land War on Lake Ladoga\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tDuring the Eastern War, also known as the Crimean War or the \u00c5land War, Lake Ladoga was of great importance, also in the transportation of food. At that time, Finland was dependent on grain imports, and that traffic shifted from the Gulf of Finland to the interior. Freight traffic ran from Russia across Lake Ladoga...\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\"Lahdenpohjan_saha\"<\/a><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tGreen gold on Lake Ladoga\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tSawmills were a typical industry in the north-western and northern parts of Lake Ladoga. The area offered them favourable conditions. There was plenty of timber in the forests, during the open-water season it was easy to transport sawn timber along Lake Ladoga, and the region's many rivers...\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThe monasteries of Lake Ladoga were born on the borderlands of East and West\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tResearch data and traditional lore tell different stories about Valamo and Konevitsa. Located on the islands of Lake Ladoga, the monasteries of Valamo and Konevitsa have for centuries been the spiritual centres of Orthodox Karelia. Their origin history is not, however, unambiguous.\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThe wartime history of Lake Ladoga 1939\u20131944\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tDuring the Winter and Continuation Wars, the Ladoga region formed an important inland waterway defence area for Finland. The Valaam archipelago, the outer islands of Lake Ladoga and the coast of Sortavala were part of an extensive coastal artillery system, the task of which was to secure the water traffic on Lake Ladoga, to prevent the enemy\u2019s\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\"Sortavalan-rautatieasema-1890_web.\"<\/a><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThe railway brought industry and tourists to Lake Ladoga\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tThe Karelian railway network was the densest in Finland before the wars. The main lines built during the autonomy period ran between Riihim\u00e4ki and St Petersburg, and between Vyborg and Joensuu. Karelia also had many branch lines and spurs. For the construction of the railways\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tLadoga trade routes sparked the development of Karelia\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tThe vast water system of Lake Ladoga and the connections it enabled to distant regions were key prerequisites for the development of Karelia's ancient culture and the accumulation of wealth. Flowing into or out of Ladoga are rivers along which people travelled southeast to the Volga\u2026\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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