From St. Petersburg to Karelia. Grigoryev D.

This book was written in the year of the Century of Education of the Republic of Karelia. The author talks about the unique nature and culture of Karelia and the north of the Leningrad Region, setting the reader to be careful of this close, but at the same time lumbering a lot of puzzles to the region. The book contains information not only about the attractions that this land is rich in, but also about the history of Karelia, its 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 -all, who is not indifferent to the past, the present and future of this wonderful land.