Location The Republic of Karelia is located in the northwest part of the Russian Federation. Karelia borders Finland in the West, Leningrad and Vologda districts in the South, and the Murmansk and Archangelsk districts in the East. In the Northwest, the Republic borders on the White Sea. The capital of Kareliaa is Petrozavodsk, a city of more than 280,000 inhabitants located on Lake Onega.
Solovetsky Islands
Alexander Svir Monastery