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Kizhi

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Also known as Kizhi Island

island in Russia

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Kizhi is referenced by 89 other articles, and connects out to Russia, Poland and Sweden.

The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.

Vinony files it under Lake islands of Europe, Lake islands of Russia and Landforms of the Republic of Karelia.

Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

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

via Wikipedia infobox

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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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kizhi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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