The largest island in this body of water, Valammo, has been home to monastery since the 10th century, and during the Siege of Leningrad, its frozen surface provided a way for Russian reinforcements to reach that city via the "road of life.
The largest island in this body of water, Valammo, has been home to monastery since the 10th century, and during the Siege of Leningrad, its frozen surface provided a way for Russian reinforcements to reach that city via the "road of life." Its tributaries are the Rivers Vuoska and Sivir, and it empties via the Neva into the Gulf of Finland. Located in Karelia, Russia, for ten points, name this largest lake in Europe.
The largest island in this body of water, Valammo, has been home to monastery since the 10th century, and during the Siege of Leningrad, its frozen surface provided a way for Russian reinforcements to reach that city via the "road of life.
Lake {Ladoga} (or {Ladozhskoye} Ozero or {Ladozhskoe} Ozero)