According to US-based publication “Russian Life”, Waterfall Kivach is one of the must see places in Karelia. Must see even if it is rainy!

Karelia is rich in various waterfalls. Kivach is the most eminent. This plain waterfall is situated in the Southern part of Karelia on the Suna River. The height of the waterfall is 10.7 meters. It is the second largest waterfall in Europe.

G.R.Derzhavin, the first Karelian (Olonets) Governor and a famous poet dedicated his ode “Waterfall” to the Kivach Waterfall:

The mount pours diamonds

From the tops of four cliffs,

The abyss of pearls and silver

Boils up and springs underneath;

A blue hill of splashes stands,

And a roar thunders afar in the forest…