karelia — belaya gora settlement — rocky staircase

tree terrain plant flower geology rock vegetation trail cliff soil woodland shrub forest wilderness ridge stream jungle mountain garden white karel valgeimägi village girvassky rural settlement kondopozhsky district republic karelia russian federation 1757 marble deposit discovered xviii century merchant martyanov native lychny island breaking began belogorsky tivdian used decoration buildings palaces petersburg isaac's cathedral winter mikhailovsky mariinsky engineering castle kazan quarry operated beginning belaya gora rocky staircase