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Lake Onega (also known as Onego, , Onezhskoe ozero, i.e., Onezhskoe lake; Finnish/Karelian
Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by Finnish people outside of Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden....
: Ääninen or Äänisjärvi) is a lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
 in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. Its surface area is 9,894 km², its volume is 280 km³, its maximum depth is 120 m. It has 1,369 islands with a total area of 250 km². It is fed by 58 rivers, the main rivers being Shuya
Shuya River, Karelia

The Shuya River is a river in the Republic of Karelia in Russia. The length of the river is 194 km. The area of its basin is 10,100 km?. The Shuya flows out of Lake Suoyarvi and flows through Lake Logmozero into Lake Onega....
, Suna
Suna River

Suna is a river in Republic of Karelia, Russia. The length of the river is 280 km. The area of its basin is 7,670 km?. The Suna originates in Lake Kivi-Yarvi and flows out into the Kondopoga Gulf of Lake Onega....
, Vodla
Vodla River

Vodla is a river in the south-east of Republic of Karelia, Russia. The town of Pudozh is located along Vodla....
, Vytegra
Vytegra River

Vytegra River is a river in Vologda Oblast, Russia. The length of the river is 64 km. The area of its drainage basin is 1,670km?. The Vytegra flows out of the Lake Matkozero and flows into the Lake Onega....
, Andoma
Andoma River

Andoma is a river in the northwestern part of Vologda Oblast, Russia. It starts from Groptozero lake and flows into Lake Onega. It is 156 km long and drains an area of 2,570 km?....
. It is the second largest lake in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, and the 18th largest lake by area in the world.

Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk is the Capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, with a population of 266,160 . It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers....
, the capital of the Republic of Karelia
Republic of Karelia

The Republic of Karelia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia ....
, is situated on the western shore of Lake Onega.






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Lake Onega (also known as Onego, , Onezhskoe ozero, i.e., Onezhskoe lake; Finnish/Karelian
Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by Finnish people outside of Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden....
: Ääninen or Äänisjärvi) is a lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
 in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. Its surface area is 9,894 km², its volume is 280 km³, its maximum depth is 120 m. It has 1,369 islands with a total area of 250 km². It is fed by 58 rivers, the main rivers being Shuya
Shuya River, Karelia

The Shuya River is a river in the Republic of Karelia in Russia. The length of the river is 194 km. The area of its basin is 10,100 km?. The Shuya flows out of Lake Suoyarvi and flows through Lake Logmozero into Lake Onega....
, Suna
Suna River

Suna is a river in Republic of Karelia, Russia. The length of the river is 280 km. The area of its basin is 7,670 km?. The Suna originates in Lake Kivi-Yarvi and flows out into the Kondopoga Gulf of Lake Onega....
, Vodla
Vodla River

Vodla is a river in the south-east of Republic of Karelia, Russia. The town of Pudozh is located along Vodla....
, Vytegra
Vytegra River

Vytegra River is a river in Vologda Oblast, Russia. The length of the river is 64 km. The area of its drainage basin is 1,670km?. The Vytegra flows out of the Lake Matkozero and flows into the Lake Onega....
, Andoma
Andoma River

Andoma is a river in the northwestern part of Vologda Oblast, Russia. It starts from Groptozero lake and flows into Lake Onega. It is 156 km long and drains an area of 2,570 km?....
. It is the second largest lake in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, and the 18th largest lake by area in the world.

Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk is the Capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, with a population of 266,160 . It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers....
, the capital of the Republic of Karelia
Republic of Karelia

The Republic of Karelia is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia ....
, is situated on the western shore of Lake Onega. The republic surrounds Lake Onega in the west, north and east. In the south the lake borders the Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1945 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position....
 and Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast

Vologda Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Area: 145,700 km?; population: 1,269,568 . Its largest city is Cherepovets, but the administrative center is Vologda....
.

The UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 World Heritage site of Kizhi Pogost lies on one of the islands in the Kizhi archipelago in the northern part of the lake. Two magnificent 18th century churches are the centerpieces of this open-air museum of Northern Russian wooden architecture.

River Svir, which marks the southern boundary of Karelia
Karelia

Karelia , the land of the Karelians, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden. It is currently divided between the Russian Republic of Karelia, the Russian Leningrad Oblast, and Finland ....
, runs from the southwestern shore of Lake Onega to Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga

Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe, and the list of lakes by area in the world....
 and continues in the Neva to the Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Finland

The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland and Estonia all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it....
.

Sailing is a popular activity on the lake. There is a sailing club located in Petrozavodsk. The open championship of Russia for sailing in the cruiser yacht class has the status of the International Onego Regatta in the Russian sailing community. The Regatta is held by the State committee of the Russian Federation on Physical Culture and Sports and by the Federation of Sailing of the Republic of Karelia.

Image:Petroz fishers.jpg|Statue of fishermen on the Onega embankment, Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk is the Capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, with a population of 266,160 . It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers....
. Image:Wooden Miracle Kizhi.jpg|A wooden church on Kizhi
Kizhi

Kizhi is an island on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia , Russia with an of wooden church es, chapels and houses. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Russia and an UNESCO World Heritage Site....
 Island, Lake Onega.