Pleshcheyevo Ozero National Park
Glacial lake, peat bogs and pine shores in Russia's Yaroslavl Oblast
Lake Pleshcheyevo, 9 km across and 25 metres deep, sits in a moraine landscape of long gravelly ridges, wetlands and meandering rivers left by the last ice age. It is the only home of the Ryapushka, an endemic whitefish.
Things to do
- On footWalk the 28 km shoreline of Lake Pleshcheyevo
- Try thisExplore the historic buildings of Pereslavl-Zalessky on the southeast shore
- Try thisTaste smoked Ryapushka, the local delicacy
- Try thisLook for the peat bogs and the Berendeyevskoye swamp in the middle of the park