Kiy Island, offshore from Onega, and the surrounding ice fields were used as the location for filming A Captive in the Land in the winter of 1989–1990.
Originate from Arkhangelsk regular passenger line to Murmansk, Dixon, Onega, Mezen, Kandalaksha and Novaya Zemlya.
Lake Onega | Onega | Onega Bay | Onega stepanovi | Onega (fossil) | Oleria onega |
The new eastern border of Finland was defined to begin from the Gulf of Finland and run via lakes Ladoga and Onega to Onega Bay in the White Sea.
The northeastern shore of Lake Vozhe, also in the basin of the Onega, belongs to Kargopolsky District, but the lake itself is in Vologda Oblast.
Oesch was given command of Olonets Group in the Olonets Isthmus between Lakes Onega and Ladoga.
The northwestern shore of Lake Vozhe, also in the basin of the Onega River, belongs to Konoshsky District, but the lake itself is in Vologda Oblast.
Historically, Lake Vozhe was on the trading route connecting the basings of the Volga and the Onega via the Sheksna River.
Lake Onega, east up the Vodla River, portage to the Onega River basin, east across this, portage, down the Northern Dvina to Kholmogory near the White Sea, east up the Pinega River, portage to the Kuloy and north to the Mezen Bay of the White Sea.
After merging with Volga Flot Tour company operates more than 50 passenger ships along rivers of Volga, Don, Kama, the Moscow and Volga-Don canals, the Volga-Baltic Waterway, Northern-Western rivers, lakes Ladoga and Onega.