Welcome to my home town, Petrozavodsk! презентация

HISTORY
Petrozavodsk is the capital of Republic of Karelia. It is situated on the shore of lake Onego. Petrozavodsk was founded in 1703 by Peter 1st during the Great North War.

TRADITIONAL DISHES
LOHIKKEITO
MAITOKALAKKEITO
MOOSE MEAT WITH POTATOES
CRANBERRY JUICE
I guess you are hungry, so let’s visit our restaurant of traditional Karelian cuisine!
When you enter the restaurant you can see traditional Karelian interior. Now, let’s try traditional dishes.
First course is soup “lohikkeito” with salmon and milk cream.
Second course is moose meat with mashed potatoes and “maitokalakkeito” – fish in milk. Oh! I see you are thirsty! Drink cranberry juice.

TRADITIONAL PASTRIES
KALITKI
SULCHINY
SWEET SCANCI
FISH PIE
HERBAL TEA
Now let’s try traditional pastries. Here is pastry with mashed potatoes or millet, it is called “kalitki”, “sulchiny”or pancakes stuffed with rice porridge, fish pie and pastry with sugar which is called “sweet scanci”. Let’s have a drink! Usually it is herbal tea with forest berries.
Now, we are full of energy and ready for our excursion!

PLACES OF INTEREST
PETER THE GREAT
KIZHI
SCULPTURE “TWO FISHERMEN”
CITY PARK
EMBANKMENT
SCULPTURE “ONEGO”
The first thing you should see when you are in Petrozavodsk is a monument to Peter the Great. It is on the embankment which is also one of the sights. There are a lot of sculptures which are presents from twin cities of Petrozavodsk. By the way, you can go to Kizhi on a ship from the water station near the embankment. Kizhi is an island in lake Onego which is famous for its wooden ensemble of churches built without any nail. Let’s go further and see city park. In 1703 Peter 1st ordered to plant there karelian birches and now there are a lot of these beautiful trees.

PLACES OF INTEREST
ALEXANDER NEVSKIY CATHEDRAL
GOVERNOR’S GARDEN
LENIN’S SQUARE
HISTORICAL QUARTER
RAILWAY STATION AND LENIN AVENUE
Not far from the park there is Alexander Nevskiy Cathedral built by an Italian architecture. It’s so gorgeous! Now let’s see governor’s garden named in honor of Karelian governor Gavriil Derzhavin. Then we go to Lenin’s square and see grandiose monument to Lenin. Now let’s go to the historical quarter and see traditional Karelian houses. Our next stop is the railway station. It gives a start to Lenin Avenue which is the main street of the city.

THEATERS, MUSEUMS, ART GALLERIES
THE MUSICAL THEATRE
THE NATIONAL THEATER OF KARELIA
THE PUPPET THEATER
THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY
THE CANTELE HOUSE
THE MUSEUM OF KARELIAN ART
Now, let’s visit our theaters, museums and art galleries.
There are three theaters at Kirov’s square: the Musical theater, the National theater of Karelia and the Puppet theater. There is also the national art gallery, the Cantele house and the museum of Karelian art at Kirov’s square.

MUSEUMS
THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF PETROZAVODSK
THE MUSEUM OF KIZHI
At Lenin’s square there is the National museum of Republic of Karelia. Nearby is the museum of history of Petrozavodsk and the museum of Kizhi.

TRADITIONAL KARELIAN SOUVENIRS
CLOUDBERRY
SALMON
HONEY
WILLOW-HERB
PRODUCTS FROM KARELIAN BIRCH BARK
KARELIAN EMBROIDERY
So, our excursion is coming to its end and it’s time for souvenirs!
The first place of traditional Karelian souvenirs takes cloudberry, it is a royal berry and all Russian rulers liked it very much. Next place takes Karelian salmon, honey and willow-herb. You can also bring products from Karelian birch bark. However, the most impressive present is Karelian embroidery which is famous for its colors and technique. The main colors are write and red and all embroidery looks amazing. Just have a look!
I will give you a few minutes to buy the souvenirs you liked.