Lake Onega(In trying to reach and conquer the Baltic Sea, Tsar Peter the Great declared war on the Swedish Empire in 1700. Three years into a conflict that would last more than two decades, Peter sanctioned the building of a new town on the shores of Lake Onega to be used as an iron foundry for much-needed weaponry for his northern fleets. TMT Alexander Demidov)
the Onega(Walk along the embankment that borders Europe's second-largest lake, the Onega – famous for giving its name to Alexander Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin" and its subsequent opera adaptation by Tchaikovsky – and take in the vast collection of monuments that line it. TMT Alexander Demidov)
