Kizhi Museum

The Kizhi Museum is one of the largest out-door museums in Russia. It is situated on one of 1650 islands of Lake Onega, about 68 km from Petrozavodsk, the capital of the Republic of Karelia . During 40 years of museum’s existence, this popular object of the Russian and international cultural tourism has presented the traditional wooden architecture as well as the material and spiritual culture of the peoples living in Karelia – Vepsians, Karelians and Russians.