Russia - Northern European Russia (PDF Chapter)

This is the Northern European Russia chapter from Lonely Planet’s Russia guidebook.

Russia’s far north, with its stunning and often harsh natural beauty, is a place of startling ex-tremes, best typified by the perpetual darkness of polar night and the midnight sun of polar day.

• hunt for the aurora borealis amid the sprawling Arctic wilderness on the Kola Peninsu-la
• maps
• discover the Solovetsky Islands’ long history, from ancient labyrinths to Stalin’s prisons
• transport
• wander the Arctic coastline in the ever-evocative fishing village of Teriberka
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk, Kizhi, Northern Lake Ladoga, White Sea, Kem & Rabocheostrovsk, Solovetsky Islands, Arkhangelsk, Kola Pen-insula, Apatity, Kirovsk, Lovozero, Teriberka, Murmansk, Vologda, Kargopol, Kenozero National Park.