The Necklace of the Ladoga Islands

Ladoga is the largest lake in Europe.

By nature there is no monotony on Ladoga lakeside. The necklace of islands, parted by a maze of channels (skerries), is stretched near the northern shore. Some of them bristled up with granite rocks, which are sheer going downward in cold depthes of waters. Others place their stone backs under waves. Small islands covered with trees show green in the depth of bays...