Lake Ladoga is located in the territory of Karelia and the Leningrad region, it is considered the largest freshwater lake in Europe. The lake stretched from the south to the north for 219 km, and its greatest width is 138 km. The depth varies unevenly: in the northern part it varies from 70 to 230 m, in the southern part from 20 to 70 m.

On the shores of Lake Ladoga are the cities of Priozersk, Novaya Ladoga, Shlisselburg in the Leningrad region, Sortavala, Pitkyaranta, Olonets, Lahdenpohja in Karelia. 32 rivers flow into Lake Ladoga, and only one Neva flows.

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Transport

There is no regular passenger service on the lake, but several times During the navigation on the routes Sortavala-Valaam, Pitkäranta-Valaam and Priozersk-Konevets, tourist ships, including hydrofoils, go by.

In case of a strong wind, a rather sensitive pitching is possible.
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Water and sun of Ladoga Lake

The lake freezes in December (the coastal part) - February (central part), is opened in April - May. The central part is covered with solid ice only in very severe winters.

Because of the long and strong winter cooling, the water in the lake is very cold even in summer; it heats up only in the thin upper layer and in the coastal strip. The water surface temperature in August reaches +24 ° C in the south, +18 ... 20 ° C in the center, at the bottom about +4 ° C, in winter under ice 0-2 ° C.

The best time for a water holiday on Ladoga is June and July. With the approach of autumn, the time of storms begins when the wavelength becomes dangerously large

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Entertainments, excursions and attractions

The archipelago of the approximately 50 holy Valaam islands is the most known on Lake Ladoga. There is Valaamsky in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord, a stauropegic male monastery founded in the 10th and 11th century

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After the Second World War experiments were conducted on the island of Heinäsenmaa with combat radioactive substances, the repository of which was a trophy destroyer, renamed "Kit" .Similar experiments were conducted on the island of Konevets, where from the end of the war until 1996 there was an experimental station on which new types of weapons and explosives were developed, the effect on animals of organophosphorus poisoning substances was tested on the herd, sarin, zoman . In addition, Konevets is known for his Konevsky Christmas -Migratory Monastery . June 28, 1858, Konevets was visited by Emperor Alexander II with the family .

Nizhnesvirsky Reserve is located on the right bank of the Svir River, at the confluence of the Ladoga Lake. The territory of the reserve is attributed to wetlands of international importance as nesting habitats and migratory waterfowl. 256 species of birds, 538 species of higher vascular plants, 44 species of mammals have been registered on the territory of the reserve.

Fishing on the Ladoga Lake

53 species of fish live in Ladoga Lake: Ladoga slingshot, salmon, trout, salmon, whitefish, vendace, smelt , bream, raw, blue, gulber, reddish, asp, catfish, pike perch, roach, perch, pike, burbot and others. The human impact on the reservoir reduces the number of valuable fish - salmon, trout, palia, lake-river whitefish and others, and the Atlantic sturgeon and Volkhov whitefish are listed in the Red Data Book of Russia. Photo of Ladoga Lake (18)