"The White Night Country" Respublika Kareliya Travelogue by Klod5

Respublika Kareliya Travel Guide: 427 reviews and 844 photos

Midnight in Karelia - Respublika Kareliya

The North of the respublica Karelaiya, the Onega bay of the White Sea, is only at 150 km from the Polar Circle.
There is one more beautiful place !

Karelia sunset on lake Ladoga

In Karelia, after the land of thousands of lakes and forests, in this north-western part of Russia you can go to see the midnight sun.

Georgous !!!

" Adieu "

Sunset on the St. Nikolas skete, in Valaam

Je m’enhardis une dernière fois
a caresser en esprit ton image,
usant toute ma force à raviver un songe,
me complaisant, non sans chagrin ni craintes,
à évoquer ce qui fut notre amour.
Nos années fuient, nos années vont changeant
et changent tout, et nous changent nous-mêmes.
Pour moi qui te chantais hier encore,
Tu es voilée d’une ombre sépulcrale,
Pour toi l'ami d'hier n'est plus qu'un feu éteint.
Accueille, ô ma compagne pour toujours distante,
ces adieux que t'adresse mon cœur,
comme ferait une épouse endeuillée
ou un ami qui étreint son ami
sans dire un mot au seuil d'une prison.

Poème de Pouchkine extrait de "Poésies"

Night on Petrozavodsk

I get bolder a last time
has entertain in mind your picture,
using all my strength to revive a dream,
me complaisant, no without grief nor fears,
to evoke what was our love.
Our years flee, our years go changing
and change all, and change us ourselves.
For me that sang you again yesterday,
You are veiled of a sepulchral shade,
For you the friend of yesterday is only a fire extinguishes.
Welcome, oh my companion forever distant,
these adieu that you address my hart,
as would make a wife in mourning
or a friend who hugs his/her/its friend
without saying a word in the doorstep of a jail.

Poem of Pouchkine extracts "Poetries"

Midnight in Karelia

Night in Kizhi

Karelian sunset

Memory

Si vous voulez voir d'autres coucher de soleil fantastiques - If you want to see others fantastic sunset :

Un Travelogues dans mes pages sur le Bassin d'Arcachon - A Travelogues in my pages on the Basin of Arcachon : Arcachon's sunset

Un Travelogues dans ma Page d'Accueil - A Travelogues in my HomePage : Sunset of the world

Mais aussi de nombreux autres coucher de soleil (en Ukraine, dans le Cimetière du Père Lachaise, à Toulouse, en Midi-Pyrénées...)
But also many others sunset (in Ukraine, in the Cemetery of the Father Lachaise, in Toulouse, in South of France - Pyrenees...)

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Comments (5)

cloudberry Jul 27, 2006 at 5:17 AM Report Abuse

Hi there, it seems that we two are the almost only ones who have written tips about Koitajoki river. You took the Russian side and I took the Finnish side, here is a link to my Koitajoki travelogue: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/7e570/
chaistarr Nov 19, 2004 at 12:52 PM Report Abuse

one word...beautiful!
MargotB Dec 23, 2003 at 9:22 AM Report Abuse

Your photo of Petrozavodsk from Onega lake, all in blue, is probably the most beautiful photo I've ever seen. Your whole site and all the photos are singularly interesting.
Bonobo2005 Dec 22, 2003 at 8:49 AM Report Abuse

This outdoor paradise was completely unknown to me, wow it looks so beautiful and unspoiled! Excellent page!
uk-girl Jun 23, 2003 at 4:44 PM Report Abuse

Hello, I liked your Petrozavodsk page. I think that Ilona the journalist is a love of yours that you cannot have. Is that true?. Beautiful pictures by the way and just a little of such a beautiful country that I would love to visit one day. Thankyou. Emma