The Man-Made Environment of Valaam Island

Authors

  • Grigory Suzi Center for Environmental and Technological History (CETH) of the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP)

Abstract

Valaam Island on Lake Ladoga is the location of the Orthodox Valaam Monastery. Due to the creation of alleys and gardens carefully cultivated by the monks, many non-endemic trees and plants acclimatized successfully. As a result, Valaam's largely man-made environment is today considered to be one of the most dense and diverse biospheres in Europe.

Author Biography

Grigory Suzi, Center for Environmental and Technological History (CETH) of the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP)

Grigory is a PhD candidate in history at the European University at St. Petersburg. His current research focuses on the integration process of the Karelian Isthmus and Northern Ladoga area, former Finnish territories, into the economy and power systems of the Soviet Union during the 1940s.

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Published

2013-11-05

Issue

2014

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2014 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Grigory Suzi