PhotoXPress Descendants of the legendary Ves, often cited in ancient Russian chronicles, are alive and well in Karelia. The identity of this small, but stubborn Finno-Ugric people is manifested in ...

Polina Levkina is universally acclaimed as the best pastry chef in Sheltozero, a village nestled in the lush pine forests of Karelia, a republic in northwestern Russia along the border with Finland.

PhotoXPress The descendants of the legendary Ves cited in ancient Russian chronicles are alive and well in Karelia. The national identity of this small, but stubborn people is manifested in the most ...