St. George's Church, Staraya Ladoga St. George's Church, Staraya Ladoga St. George's Church () in the selo of Staraya Ladoga, Volkhovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia is one of the oldest churches of Russia, dating from the second half of the 12th century. It is one of the few surviving pre-Mongol buildings in Russia. It contains the frescoes of the 12th century, extremely rare in Russia. The church is located within the Staraya Ladoga Fortress, on the left bank of the Volkhov River. The building was designated an architectural monument of federal significance (#4710025007). Staraya Ladoga was the first seat of Rurik in 862, and, after
Lake Komsomolskoye the Lake Ladoga depression, a graben and syncline structure of Proterozoic age (Precambrian). Deglaciation following the Weichsel glaciation took place in the Lake Ladoga basin between 12,500 and 11,500 radiocarbon years BP. During the existence of Lake Komsomolskoye there have been three sharp drops in the water level, so that the shore consists of small but distinctive terraces formed on the banks. The shores of the lake are indented with several bays and inlets, overgrown with sedges and reeds. On the south-eastern shore of the lake is the village of . At the northern extremity of the lake are the