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Location

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Kizhi Pogost is about 55 km north-east of Petrozavodsk. The nearest other World Heritage site is Onega and White Sea Petroglyphs, about 55 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Kondopoga · about 34,000 peopleabout 50 km west
  • Petrozavodsk · about 265,000 peopleabout 55 km south-west
  • Segezha · about 33,000 peopleabout 190 km north
  • Onega · about 23,000 peopleabout 250 km north-east
  • Volkhov · about 46,000 peopleabout 280 km south-west
  • Tikhvin · about 62,000 peopleabout 290 km south
Kizhi PogostPetrozavodskKondopogaOnega and White Sea PetroglyphsCultural Landscape of Kenozero L…100 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Kizhi Pogost and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesOnega and White Sea Petroglyphs1Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake2Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery3Solovetsky Islands4Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg5Kizhi Pogost
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

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