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Lake Ladoga ( Russian: Ладожское озеро, Finnish: Laatokka) is the largest lake in Europe, located in Karelia, since WWII in northwestern Russia near the border to Finland.The area of the lake is 17,700 km² (approximately 6,800 square miles). The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea via river Neva.
Ladoga has its own endemic Ringed Seal subspecies.
The most important tributaries are:
- River SvirRiver Svir Syvari in Finnish) connects Lake Onega with Lake Ladoga in Russia, and is considered the southern border of East Karelia. from lake OnegaLake Onega (also known as Onego Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, , and Onezhskoe lake is a lake in Russia. Its surface is 9,894 km² and its volume is 280 km³. It is the second largest lake in Europe. Petrozavodsk, the capital of the Republic of Karelia, is
- River VuoksiThe River Vuoksi ( Finnish) or River Vuoksa ( Russian standard transcription) runs in the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus, from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland flowing into Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The river enters Lake Ladoga in from lake Saimaa in Finland
Border between East and West
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The 10th century Valamo Monastery was founded on the island of Valaam ( Finnish: Valamo), the largest in Lake Ladoga, desolated 1611– 1715, magnificently restored in the 18th century, and finally evacuated to Finland during the Winter War in 1940. In 1989 the monastic activities were started again.
During the siege of Leningrad, 1941– 1944, lake Ladoga provided the only access to the besieged city. Supplies were transported into Leningrad with trucks on winter roads over the ice, the " Road of Life", and by boat in the summer.
