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Kizhi

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Also known as Kizhi Island

island in Russia

Key facts

Location
Russia
Area
5 km (1.9 sq mi)
Length
6 km (3.7 mi)
Width
1 km (0.6 mi)

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Wikidata facts

Area
5
Official website
kizhi.karelia.ru
Image
Церковь Преображения Господня на острове Кижи вид с вертолёта.jpg
Width
1
Length
6
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Commons category
Kizhi
inception
1966-00-00
native label
Кижи
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Kizhi Islands as shown on a map of northern Lake Onega. Petrozavodsk is also highlighted.

Kizhi (Russian: Кижи, IPA: [ˈkʲiʐɨ]; Karelian: Kiži) is an island near the geometrical center of Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia (Medvezhyegorsky District), Russia. It is elongated from north to south and is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide and is about 68 kilometres (42 mi) away from the capital of Karelia, Petrozavodsk.

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