Lake Onega Lake Onega Lake Onega (also known as Onego, ; or ; or ; or ) is a lake in the north-west European part of Russia, located on the territory of Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basin of the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and is the second largest lake in Europe after Lake Ladoga. The lake is fed by about 50 rivers and is drained by the Svir River. There are about 1,650 islands on the lake. They include Kizhi, which hosts a historical complex of 89 orthodox wooden churches and other wooden constructions
Staraya Ladoga House of Creativity the largest exhibitions in 1960-1980s. and later in retrospective exhibitions of Soviet art. The main museums, Russian and foreign collectors became owners of this painting. Also it became a base of an extensive fount of painting, graphics and sculpture of the museum "Staraya Ladoga". Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and liquidation of the Art Foundation at the beginning of the 1990s, the House of Creativity lost its financial support and was closed. Since 2003, when the 1250th anniversary of Staraya Ladoga was celebrated, public efforts to revive it have been intensified. Staraya Ladoga House of Creativity The House