On the shore of Ladoga Lake, the city of Sortavala has been standing for three and a half centuries, which until 1918 was called Serdobol. The city was preceded by the Nikolsko-Serdobolsky churchyard. In 1990, Sortavala was included in the list of historical cities in Russia. An important role in the development of the city was played by the pilgrimage of Russian travelers and pilgrims who aspired to Valaam. The original beauty of the Ladoga coast attracted the attention of artists, poets, composers

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Sortavala and Valaam

How to get

Sortavala is located 259 km from St. Petersburg and 287 km from Petrozavodsk. From Petrozavodsk you can get by train or by plane.

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Entertainment, excursions and attractions Sortavala

@ The central part of the city consists mainly of stone 3-4-storey buildings built in the early 20th century (until the 1930s). As a rule, these are buildings in the style of northern modernism (national romanticism), neoclassicism, the latest - functionalism, their authors are the famous Finnish architects Uno Werner Ulberg, Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen, Johan Jacob Arenberg and others. In addition, a large number of wooden buildings the middle of the 19th century, mostly in Empire style (Sovetskaya and Karelskaya streets)

Sortavala map

The most notable buildings are:

  • Building of the Bank of Finland (architect Uno Ulberg, 1915)
  • Building of the United Bank of the North Countries (architect Giselius, Lindgren, Saarinen, 1905)
  • Lyceum building (architect Johann Jacob Arenberg, 1901)
  • Gymnasium building (architect Johann Jacob Arenberg, 1911)
  • The building of the Orthodox Church of Finland and the church John the Baptist (architect Juhani Viiste, 1935)
  • The house of the merchant Siitonen (architect Ustin)
Sortavala

The Museum of the Northern Ladoga Lake is functioning in the city, vessels leaving the city pier delivering to. Valaam tourists and pilgrims (en route 30 minutes). In a small square on Väinämöinen Street there is a monument to the Rune-healers, whose prototype was Petri Shemikek, the famous Karelian Runet.

Climate

Average monthly temperature, ° C
Jan Feb Mar Apr may june july aug sen ok nov duk
by day - 6 - 6 + 0 + 5 + 13 + 18 + 21 + 19 + 13 + 6 + 0 - 3
at night -13 - 13 - 9 - 2 + 3 + 8 + 11 + 10 + 5 + 1 -3 - 9

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