Lake Vozhe Lake Vozhe Lake Vozhe, also known as Lake Charondskoye (), is a lake in the northern part of Vologda Oblast in Russia. The area of the lake is , and the area of its basin is . The average depth is around (maximum depth is ). Lake Vozhe drains through the Svid River into Lake Lacha, from which the Onega River flows out. The lake is located on a flatland and its shores are low-lying and swampy. The biggest swamp, the Charonda Swamp, is located to the southeast of the lake. Around twenty rivers flow into Lake Vozhe, including the
Lake Onega and date back to between the 4th and 2nd millennia BC. There are about 1,200 petroglyphs scattered over the area including several capes, such as Besov Nos (see map above). The engravings are deep and depict animals, people, boats and geometrical shapes of circular and crescent shapes. Many other historical monuments are scattered around the lake. They include Svyat-Uspensky monastery on the cape of Murom, on the eastern shore of the lake. The monastery was founded in 1350, closed in 1918 and restored in 1991. Lake Onega Lake Onega (also known as Onego, ; or ; or ; or )