karelia — belaya gora settlement — stairs from the cliff

tree bridge woodland garden waterway forest river flower trail track transport jungle stream plant pond park autumn karelia belaya gora settlement stairs cliff white mountain karel valgeimägi village girvassky rural kondopozhsky district republic 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 karel federation began cathedral century