Kostomukshi Webcams - Republic of Karelia Online

During the Soviet regime, many new cities appeared on the world map. Among them are Magnitogorsk, Norilsk, Severodvinsk and others. These settlements were founded for the construction and subsequent maintenance of the country's large enterprises. For their design attracted leading architects, who always tried to create the perfect project. Unfortunately, nowadays these cities do not have a special tourist or cultural value. But Kostomuksha, also a generation of settlements of the new age is an exception. The settlement, as well as similar, saw its heyday in the 70s and 80s of the last century. There is a typical building with panel houses, wide avenues. But this place is not like other periods of the decline of Soviet power. The reason for this is simple. The fact is that Kostomuksha was built together with engineers and architects from Finland. You can see the differences between this city and other young settlements if Kostomukshi webcams are viewed online.
The city's chronicle began in the 1970s, when the decision was made to build a new settlement in conjunction with Finnish specialists to serve the Karelian GOK.
Growing up literally before the eyes of the village already by 1983 gained the status of the city and the name, which has survived to this day. Talented Finnish architects have invested not only their experience, but also their soul to the arrangement of this place.
As a result, the Soviet state received a ready-to-run enterprise and a well-maintained settlement with housing for workers among the wild northern lands. And Finland solved the issue of unemployment, sending to the development of a new city of their subjects from the Kainou region.
Kostomuksha owes its name to one of the Karelian villages, which was located on these lands. It is noteworthy that several thousand Finns who came to work in Karelia, have mastered here and created a kind of autonomy. There were even several Finnish banks, shops and catering establishments, where you could pay finnish brands. But there were also some restrictions in communication between Soviet and Finnish citizens. For example, representatives of these subjects could meet at dances or sports competitions, but not on the streets or in private homes.
In modern Kostomuksha you can see whole Finnish neighborhoods, which have outstanding architecture among other residential areas, as well as quality roads. That is why the city has an unusual atmosphere for the rest of Russia, which can be felt not only by coming to Karelia, but also if Kostomukshi webcams look online.
For the first time getting to this city, you would think that it is no different from other similar post-Soviet settlements. But at the same time, at the first walk through its streets, there is a feeling of some invisible "trick". And it, in fact, just lies in the very "Finnish" houses, which clearly contrast with the Soviet.
The Kostomuksh district is located on a flat area, which is the three main lake-river systems. In the south-west of the city district is the Kostomuksh Reserve with Lake Stone and the river of the same name. Here you can endlessly admire the pristine coniferous forests, enjoy the desert and quiet rest. By the way, this location is famous in Finland, as well as other countries near abroad.
For tours of the reserve, five eco-routes have been developed, each of which has a different length and specifics: "the trail of the box," "in the fairy forest," "phenological," "Lake Stone," "Snowmobile" covering the territory of Kostomukshi and part of the Finnish region. Visiting these excursions, you can get acquainted with the local beauty of nature, see relic trees, lakes, canyons, learn the methods of research, the history of the region and long-vanished settlements.
The territory of the city is not very rich in historical or cultural monuments. The main part of them are objects of the newest period, which are connected with the formation of the industrial sphere Kostomukshi.
But unique facts of history are connected with these places. For example, the region has left its mark on the artistic culture of the Karelian and Finns. It was during his stay in the villages of the northern part of the region that Elias Lennorth recorded the bulk of the runes (folk songs) of the Karelo-Finnish poetic epic Kalevala, which became a literary monument of world importance.
To date, the northern villages of Kostomuksh district, together with the settlements of the Kalevala district, have been given the status of historical and cultural territory of all-Russian importance.
There are prerequisites to believe that soon the location will be included in the list of WORLD heritage.
If you do not yet plan to visit the republic, Kostomukshi webcams, watching online which can be viewed in real time, will help to know better than this region lives.