Leningrad Oblast of two great lakes of the European Part of Russia, Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. Its northeastern part, between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga, occupies the Karelian Isthmus. Some islands in the Gulf of Finland (including Kotlin, on which the city of Kronstadt has been built) and Lake Ladoga (including Konevets) also belong to the oblast. Much of the area of the oblast belongs to the drainage basin of the Neva, which is the only outflow of Lake Ladoga. Whereas the Neva, which flows to the Gulf of Finland (the city of Saint Petersburg is located in its
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