Petrozavodsk. Secret to the world

We will make a journey back to the past, through the centuries, to the origins of the awakening from the dream of the wonderful Karela and the creation of the Onego Wonder City. Walking around the center and the embankment, I will reveal “in secret to the whole world” a curious history of the development of Petrozavodsk, the secrets of the city and its inhabitants, I will immerse you in the atmosphere of myths, without breaking away from reality. Then we will be transported (not by broomstick, but by car) to the chaos of primitive nature in the region of the Straw Desert, in order to “make a fairy tale come true”, that is, make a wish that will surely come true. Taking into account your impressions, we will check for compliance with the horoscope of Petrozavodsk!

On the trip, comparing the image of the “Gothic” Petrozavodsk in the past and the euphoria of the sunny city today, we:

Discuss about the true founder (founder) of the city, the vicissitudes with the names of cannon factories, the prophecy of the local blessed Peter 1;

We will discover the secrets of the underground miracle, the hero of Karelian and sculptures of “ghosts”, the Dutch merchant “invasion”, the British cast-iron “seduction”, the French stone “smuggling”, the mint and treasures, the “forest war” in Karelia, the “Karelian adventure”, the “Red Devils”, scams with “secrets”;

learn the secrets of the architecture of the city, “Northern point”, “Northern Resilience”, “Karelian Angel” in Prague, “rescue” icons, streets and Karels at the Olympics-80;

Let’s look at the “caprices” of nature, a miracle tree that is not in the encyclopedia, unusual sundials and “savages-migrants”. We will be there, “where the miracles, where the lion wanders, the mermaid sits on the branches”, in the epicenter of the epic “Kalevala” and the vent of the volcano on the Big Vaara mountain;

We will plunge on the pagan sanctuary "Devil's Chair" into the mystery of white nights, places of power, cults, amulets, witchcraft, northern labyrinths and petroglyphs. We watch how the Karelians “assassured” evil spirits, “attached to the letters of the feet”, that threw Easter eggs, why the symbol of abundance in the city of P. is very modest;

We will appreciate the legends of pearls, how Peter 1 wanted St. Petersburg to base on Onego and gave bizarre names to settlements, how Pai-girl was married, and a bear was taken to court;

We will hear the Karelian interpretations of the fairy tales “Ryaba Chicken” (who laid the eggs “Fabergé”), “Snow White” (the secret of the best porcelain in the world), “Humpbacked Horse” (marriage at production), “Cinderella” (clock race), “Frost” (as the Karelian heroes “frozen”) and “Morozko-2” (where everything ended, as in a fairy tale – a wedding). For dessert, horror stories about the library! We will see an ancient castle with a werewolf in male form, a phantom building of the 80s, a transport fantasy. What not to see in the fabulous Karelia;

find answers to Karelian riddles, curiosities and unusual coincidences in the toponymy and fate of famous personalities;

"Prescribe" Karelian, of course, non-traditional health recipes.

The price includes: guide services on the route.

Payable separately:

my transport (3000 rubles / 1-4 people);

Master class "Horseshoe for happiness" in the forge, if desired (the fee for the lesson - 2000 rubles. for 1 hour, the duration of the lesson - at least 1 hour). Our eminent blacksmith will work with you, who made a copy of the Peter 1 trunk and the gates of the Swedish royal family;

Walk through the only Botanical Garden in Karelia near the Devil's Chair tract, if desired (entrance ticket - 150 rubles / person).