Inundated marble grotto in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
Interior of a church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
A church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Rocks of abandoned marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
View from western shore of Marble Lake (inundated marble quarry) in Ruskeala Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
Pine forest on Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Marble fragments in abandoned marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
View of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Domed hall of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Small island beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
White cat at 10 Karelskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Interior of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Marble rocks near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
Entrance of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Abandoned marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
A road through a fir forest covering sandy glacier hills at Karelia Isthmus between Lembolovo and Orekhovo, 30 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 19, 1999.
A road in a forest at Karelia Isthmus between Lembolovo and Orekhovo, 30 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 19, 1999.
Some yellow flowers in Lower Garden of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Large rocks near marble quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
A river flowing in a canyon with birches and pines at Karelia Isthmus between Lembolovo and Orekhovo (a popular place for hiking and skiing), 30 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 19, 1999.
Cliffs near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
Rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Forest on rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Wooden house at 13 Sovietskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Brown cat near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Granite rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
View of Nikolsky Island from rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
A marsh in a pine forest at Karelia Isthmus between Lembolovo and Orekhovo, 30 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 19, 1999.
Sovetskaya Street after a rain. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Fall colors at northern part of Marble Lake (inundated marble quarry) in Ruskeala Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
Eastern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Monastyrskaya Bay from southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
View to the north from a shrine on Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Small rocky island south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Pier of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker on southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Garages at south-east end of Sovetskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
A park opposite to Laborer s House of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Wooden bridge to Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Golden marguerite (yellow chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria, Russian name Pupavka) at the slope near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Fountain of Kirova Square. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Western side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Former Sortavala Lyceum (Johan Jacob Ahrenberg, 1901). Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Old railroad service building at 3 Vtoraya Pristanskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Ahvenkoski Waterfalls A Zori Zdes Tikhie near Ruskeala. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
Fire Station from a corner of Karelskaya and Vyaynemyaynena streets. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Garden near Zavodskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
City Library (old Town Hall, 1885) at 18 Lenin Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Garages near Sovetskikh Kosmonavtov (Soviet Cosmonauts) Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) office building built in 1915 by architect Uno Werner Ullberg, now National Bank of the Republic of Karelia. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Marble cliffs near a quarry in Ruskeala Mountain Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
View from southern shore of an inundated quarry in Ruskeala Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
Knotted pearlwort (Sagina nodosa, Russian name Mshanka) on rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Flower of marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Warning "Entrance only for Blessed" in a forest at Main Monastery Road, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Cemetery of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) (2010) in a public garden near Town Hall. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Old house at 13 Sovietskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
View from Zavodskaya (Factory) Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Kaymanova Street near a corner with Zavodskaya Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Northern part of Marble Lake (inundated marble quarry) in Ruskeala Park. Karelia, Russia, September 19, 2015
