Tent camping park Ladoga. Comfortable campsites in the Leningrad region at an affordable cost

Russia is a country rich in natural resources, mountainous archipelagos, winding lakes and deep-water rivers - all these factors enchant with unearthly beauty. Almost every corner of our country is attractive for camping. With great pleasure, people leave the city environs in search of solitude, peace and tranquility.

The development of hotel complexes is actively underway, which allocate comfortable places for motorhomes or tents on their territory. They are created for the benefit of people seeking to reunite with the environment. Countless tent areas are located in Leningrad region. Here there are natural camps that satisfy the needs of each client.

Increasingly, campsites in the Leningrad region are equipped with electricity, heating, Internet and playgrounds. Tent tourism is becoming more and more popular and expanding its horizons. While spending your vacation in the bosom of nature, you don't have to worry about safety and entertainment. Usually tourist bases offering affordable vacation, equipped at the European level.

The best places for camping

The Leningrad region combines natural factors, a mild climate, and all this wealth is collected in the corners of the Gulf of Finland and the Kotelsky reserve. The most important advantages of "wild" recreation are affordable cost and the presence of a favorable microclimate.

Our compatriots have chosen the Priozersk direction. Calm and uncrowded woodland on the river Vuoksu and in the Taipolovskaya bay. In these places you can go fishing, ride a boat, take a romantic walk through the pristine park.

In the Leningrad region, they choose in the picturesque village of Sinevo. Rest here is much more economical than in Priozersk, and there is no less choice of entertainment. Travelers do not have to completely abandon the benefits of civilization.

Often the owners of summer camps provide canteens, showers, boat rentals and wooden houses for living. Here guests will fully enjoy the pristine beauty of the plant park, find like-minded people and spend time with health benefits.

Popular campsites in Leningrad Oblast

Ecotourism is significantly developed in the picturesque beach in a cozy bay, protected from the winds, near the city of Priozersk. On a spacious territory there are small vegetable islands with an abundance of wild berries and mushrooms.

On the lake, travelers can go fishing, sail on a boat or a boat, and in the evenings, sing songs near the fire and fry kebabs. The Leningrad region in the summer camp "Park Ladoga" is equipped with amenities (shower / toilet / washbasin), a bathhouse and a volleyball court. Separate areas with benches and barbecues. There is parking for private cars.

A cafe is open where everyone can have a full meal. For kids, the owners of the camp have equipped a playground. Here you can actively and have fun with the whole family, kayaking, motorboats or hiking in local forests, away from the people and highways.

Country park-hotel "Retur"

This is one of the best places in the Gulf of Finland. The hotel offers several options for accommodation: camping, and a number of small cottages for 4 people. This is a real resort town, equipped with the necessary amenities. Camping "Retur" in the Leningrad region is under protection, equipped with electricity and water supply.

Here you can relax even in winter, because the houses are heated. For convenience, places with barbecues and large areas are allocated. It has a swimming pool, gym and even a video room. Beauty and wellness treatments are available for a surcharge. There is a restaurant where you can hold festive events.

Comfortable campsites in the Leningrad region at an affordable cost

Holidays at the base "Olgino" are considered inexpensive. The maximum cost is 550 rubles. per day. For accommodation, guests can choose a tent, a full-fledged campsite and cozy bungalows.

We present to your attention no less popular places for summer holiday: "Yagodnoe" (Vyborgskoye highway), "LosevoDa" (on Lake Vuoksy), "Okunevaya" (Green Bay), "Aurora" (on Lake Volokolamsk).

All campsites in the Leningrad region are based on self-service and offer a simple set of services. Despite the absence of the main benefits of civilization, people do not stop relaxing in the bosom of nature. Because only by reuniting with the environment, one can truly relax, fence oneself off from the engulfing abyss of the metropolis. Where, if not in nature, you can meet beautiful sunsets, have intimate conversations near the fire, swim at night in the lake and breathe clean air to the fullest?

Active recreation camp "KILPOLA"

Tent summer recreation center in Karelia in the North of Ladoga

Tent camp-camping active recreation "KILPOLA" is a summer recreation center on beautiful island in skerries. Kilpola Island is the second largest, after about. Valaam island Lake Ladoga, its size from north to south by 8 km, from west to east by 8.5 km, the western part is connected to the coast by a road bridge (near the village of Tiurula), in the east the rocky shores of Kilpola are washed by Ladoga, from the south by the skerries of Ulankalselka and Lekhmalakhti. The northern part of the island goes to Naismeri Bay (translated from Finnish as the Indian Sea), with a group of islands Korpisaari, Lapinsalo, Vahvasensaari and many other small islands, followed by more than 12 km of Kurkiek Bay. From the side of the open Ladoga, Sukmylahti Bay cuts into the depths of the island for 5 km.
The name of the island comes from the ancient family of Kilpo, the particle -la indicates its family affiliation. The island and surrounding areas are very ancient history, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Tiurulu, sites of Stone Age people from the 4th-5th millennium BC were discovered, there are many old ruins, farms and ancient monuments of stone architecture on the island - all this has not yet been fully studied and you can discover or find something yourself that's new.
You have the opportunity to spend a weekend or vacation on Lake Ladoga, in one of the most picturesque corners Karelia - by renting a boat or kayak, take a boat ride through the skerries or sail, go on foot or by bike to explore the island, and fishing on Ladoga is the dream of every angler ... We won’t even talk about mushrooms and berries - it’s just necessary see.

The camp has picnic areas with barbecues and a fire pit, you can take a smokehouse for cooking freshly caught fish, and even rain is not a hindrance - 5 minutes and you are under an awning on which drops are drumming and you are dry and comfortable.
The campsite has a stationary tent with tables and benches, a covered fire pit-kitchen.
There are no problems with drinking water - we have the largest tank in Europe with the purest fresh water- Ladoga.
Bath on a pontoon where you can plunge into the coolness of Lake Ladoga right from the steam room.
To charge the batteries of your mobile phones and laptops, it is possible to deliver a mini power station with batteries.
Stationary toilets are equipped.

	cost per day in rubles
rowing boat (up to 4 people)
boat with motor (2.5 hp)
Boat under the motor
kayak 2-seater
kayak 3-seater
sailing catamaran (up to 5 people) with a captain
Mountain bike
Rock climbing	by agreement
sauna on a pontoon for up to 4 people
	from 600 rubles per person
Corporate programs	by agreement
Delivery to the camp by motorboat or speedboat (one way)	350 rub. per person
car parking on the territory of the tourist center "Burevestnik-Berezovo"

!!! Calculation for boat rental, kayak and bicycle rental, car parking, etc. on calendar days ( Estimated time 9-00).
The rental point for tents, boats and kayaks is located at the Burevestnik tourist center, before leaving for camping you need to decide on the necessary equipment and rent it.

You can hold corporate holidays or seminars with us - an interesting program and hiking comfort are guaranteed.
The most interesting individual and planned trips of any duration along the Ladoga skerries and islands on kayaks, boats or under sails.
Excursions around the islands - routes for water travel, bike rides and hiking.

Rules for living and resting in a tent camp site:

1. Vacationers in the campsite should not interfere with the rest of others with their inappropriate behavior, hooligan actions, excessive noise. After 23.00 it is undesirable to hold collective events and parties.
2. On the territory of the camp, in the village of Berezovo, in the waters of Lake Ladoga and on the islands, we kindly ask you not to litter or make fires in places not equipped for this.
3. Every thing has an owner - if you need something or want to take something, ask the duty officer about it in advance.
4. The shared kitchen can only be used for cooking. Do not leave behind dirty dishes, stoves and other kitchen utensils.
5. When renting boats, do not forget to take life-saving equipment - life jackets, scoop. Remember - in the boat you need to be in life jacket. Do not leave the boats unattended, upon returning to the base, take personal belongings, oars, and other items from the boat.
6. Residents must maintain proper cleanliness and order in the tents and the surrounding area. When handing over the tent, clean and take out the garbage, sweep the tent, ventilate and dry the sleeping bags - otherwise you will be charged the cost of final cleaning of 100 rubles.
7. Do not use the forest and the territory adjacent to the camp as a toilet.
8. The use of portable gas stoves (primus stoves) without the knowledge of the base administration is not allowed.
If you have any questions, problems or conflicts feel free to contact the camp duty officer.

Nutrition:
Tourists cook their own food. Campfire sites are equipped with fire stoves, there is enough brushwood and dead wood in the surrounding area. It is better to bring coal for the barbecue with you.
Catering for groups of 15 or more is possible upon prior reservation.
It is possible to order products and deliver to the camp from the mainland.
!!! There are no shops and cafes on the territory of the camp and in the immediate surroundings !!!

Security:
The camp has the necessary fire extinguishing equipment, a first aid kit and first aid from the camping duty officer around the clock, in case of violation of the rules of living in the KILPOLA camp, the perpetrators will be denied stay by the security staff.
Children under 14 years old are allowed to rest only accompanied by adults.

What to take with you:
a backpack without a machine tool or a travel bag;
comfortable hiking clothes: trousers and a light jacket with a hood (anorak), long-sleeved shirt, 2 pairs of woolen socks, 2-3 pairs of plain socks, swimming suit, T-shirts, cotton gloves, headdress with a visor, warm jacket, woolen hat, sweater, rain cape, change of underwear.
footwear: tourist boots or sneakers, removable footwear, rubber boots;
personal items: sunglasses, bowl, mug, spoon, knife, flashlight with a set of spare batteries, sunscreen and after sun cream, a small polyurethane seat mat, personal hygiene products, personal first aid kit;
documents in sealed packaging: passport, medical insurance policy.
Utensils: pots for cooking, cups, spoons, mugs.
The necessary supply of food for the rest of the tent camping.

How to get there:
By car along the Priozerskoye highway to Priozersk, then along the road to Sortavala to the village of Berezovo (153 km), the first turn to the right after 50 m after the sign "BEREZOVO" and then straight ahead 300 m to two wooden towers with a cannon ("Streletsky Ostrog") , in front of the prison to the left to the gate of the camp site 30 m.
By train to st. Kuznechnoye from the Finlyandsky railway station, then by taxi to the village of Berezovo, the Burevestnik base.
Further along Lake Ladoga, delivery to the camp is carried out by boat or motor boat (see delivery cost). You can walk to the campsite on the island of Kilpola on your own by renting a boat or kayak at the camp site.

Tourists from all over Russia fell in love with holidays in the suburbs of St. Petersburg for the opportunity to enjoy beautiful scenery and swim in local waters. Therefore, campsites in the Leningrad Region are already full of cheerful companies and families with children in the spring. Tent cities are appreciated by tourists for their cheapness and excellent location.

Resting in the campsites of the Leningrad region, you can retire with nature, have a great time both with friends, with family, and with your loved one. In a specially designated place, you can build a fire and cook fragrant dishes, and after a hearty dinner, sing songs with a guitar by the fire and admire the starry sky, which we so often simply do not notice in the metropolis. Well, late in the evening, when everyone has gone back to their tents, you can once again swim in the cool river water, enjoying its smooth surface and contemplating millions of stars in the sky.

Types of tourism in the Leningrad region:
family (cottages, parks and recreation centers, fishing, farms)
entertainment (resorts, campsites, zoos, nightclubs, restaurants)
cognitive (museums, historical monuments, nature reserves, temples)
active (children's health and sports camps, paintball clubs, swimming pools)
extreme (quad biking, jumping, skydiving)

A large number of people prefer to travel by car, because it is convenient and affordable today, which is why camping in Russia is gaining more and more fans every day. Tent camping is modern look camps for tourists in cars, relevant in the warm season. In places of rest there are places for setting up tents, small rest houses and, of course, there is an equipped parking lot. As a rule, campsites are located near major cities and attractions.

Outdoor recreation is becoming one of the most popular today. Residents of megacities tend to leave the city for the weekend to be closer to nature and take a break from everyday, hectic working days. Away from the city, a person feels incredible lightness and freedom, enjoying the beautiful scenery and fresh air.

Rest in the Leningrad region is leisure in nature, recreation on the lakes of the Leningrad region, sightseeing. In the summer, you can have a great rest on the White and Baltic Seas. Forest air has healing properties and has a positive effect on humans. Or maybe you prefer to rest with a gun or a fishing rod, then you are definitely here.

The Leningrad region is replete with interesting sights that are worth seeing for every tourist. Medieval fortresses and castles, monuments of ancient Russian architecture, estates of Russian princes with beautiful palace ensembles, in the form of which the development of Russian history and culture was clearly reflected. On the territory of the Leningrad region, more than 700 structures associated with the historical past of Russia have been preserved. In 1990, the list world heritage UNESCO has included a number of historical and cultural monuments of the region. These are the Gray Horse and Krasnaya Gorka forts on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the Oreshek fortress, the historical part of the city of Shlisselburg, the war memorial in Sologubovka-Lezye, as well as palace and park ensembles in Ropsha, Taitsy, Gostilitsy, Gatchina.

The natural attractions of the Leningrad region are not only separate objects - geological, water, botanical, but also integral parts of nature - territories, water areas. Rest in the Leningrad region is impossible to imagine without visiting at least one of the 16 natural monuments, the core of which is lakes with crystal clear water. There is not a single settlement on their shores, so their pollution is basically impossible.

Tourism in the Leningrad region makes it possible to relax on one of the 1800 lakes, the largest of which is Ladoga, and even small reservoirs lost somewhere in the depths of the forest forest cannot be listed. It is possible to rent a boat and ride it on the spacious water surface. Nature lovers can visit the Nizhnesvirsky Reserve or one of the many reserves that operate in the region.

What to see in the Leningrad region

Shlisselburg

Located on the shore of Lake Ladoga. Currently, a museum has been organized in the Shlisselburg fortress. The fortress is a unique historical and architectural monument. Here the buildings of the Old and New Prisons were restored and turned into a museum, the towers of the Sovereign, Korolevskaya and Golovin, sections of the fortress wall, the Sovereign's Bastion were restored.

Staraya Ladoga

One of ancient cities Russia. The date of foundation of Ladoga is considered to be the middle of the VIII century. This city-fortress, the surrounding hills, and the gray-haired Volkhov itself keeps the secrets of bygone eras. Today at Staraya Ladoga there is a historical-architectural and archaeological museum-reserve.

Novaya Ladoga

One of the ancient Russian cities with an interesting and fascinating history. Nikolsky Cathedral and the Church of St. John the Evangelist stand out against the backdrop of city sights, surviving buildings from the complex of the previously existing Nikolo-Medvedsky Monastery. In the very center of the city there is a building of the former club of officers of the Suzdal regiment.

Lodeynoye field

Located on the banks of the Svir, 239 kilometers from St. Petersburg. The main attraction of the city is the Holy Trinity Alessandro-Svirsky Monastery, located 26 kilometers from the city. The monastery was founded in 1484. It consists of two adjacent standing monastery- Preobrazhensky and Troitsky.

Volkhov

Located on the river of the same name. To historical monuments include later buildings: the Church of the Archangel Michael (first mentioned in 1500, restored in 1994), Zelenetsky (Trinity) Monastery, Trinity Cathedral, Church of the Annunciation. One of the main attractions of the city is the Volkhovskaya hydroelectric power station - the first hydroelectric power station in Russia.

Vsevolozhsk

Located in the north-west of the Leningrad region, 7 kilometers from St. Petersburg. A monument to the founder, Prince Vsevolod Vsevolozhsky, was erected in the city. There are several museums. The Priyutino estate has survived to this day. The largest memorial, which took a place on the coat of arms of the city, is called Rumbolovskaya Gora, opened in 1967.

Vyborg

Located on the shores of the Vyborg Bay, located in the north-eastern part of the Gulf of Finland. Old City Vyborg, overflowing with architectural ensembles of different eras, is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful cities Russia. The main attraction and symbol of the city - Vyborg Castle- the only surviving monument of Western European military architecture in Russia.

Gatchina

Located in the southwestern part of the region. The main attraction of Gatchina is the most unique palace and park complex, the pearl of which is the Great Gatchina Palace, built in 1766-1781. Another original palace of the complex is the Priory Palace, built in 1799. The complex of Gatchina parks is a very original creation of park-building art.

Ivangorod

It is located on the right bank of the Narva River. Ivangorod was founded as a fortress in 1492 by Prince Ivan III Vasilievich of Moscow and named after him. This is one of the most amazing cities in the Leningrad region: the famous stone Ivangorod fortress, the picturesque Parusinka, the stunning Narva waterfalls and the functioning medieval churches.

Kamennogorsk

It is located on the picturesque bank of the Vuoksa River and stretches from north to south for a distance of about 10 kilometers. The main attractions of Kamennogorsk are concentrated in the memorial park "Antrea": buildings of the late 19th century, the Finnish cemetery, the ruins of the Lutheran church. On the Ryabinovy Peninsula, there are the remains of a stone embankment and Mannerheim's dacha.

Kingisepp

It was founded in 1384, at that time the Yam fortress was laid here by the boyar Ivan Fedorovich. At the beginning of the 19th century, the fortress was almost completely destroyed, only some foundations of towers and walls made of stone and a pond remained in place. The sights of Kingisepp are also memorial complexes and architectural monuments in honor of the fallen heroes of the civil and Patriotic wars.

Kirishi

Located on the banks of the Volkhov River, 78 km from St. Petersburg. There are several monuments and memorials in the city: Echo of War, First Builders, Defenders of the Kirishi Land, Perished Villages, the stele of the Kirishi Frontier of Defense, a monument in honor of the Decembrists Bestuzhevs.

Kirovsk

Located on the left bank of the Neva River. to the sights and interesting places urban settlements include: a monument to Lenin on central square in front of the administration building, the symbol of the Kirovsky district - the calf Kirill. In front of the House of Culture there is a monument to Kirov - a leader of the Communist Party, a sculpture "Janitor".

meadows

Located on the river Luga. Luga is one of the cities in Russia that have managed to preserve unique monuments of history and Russian heritage for many centuries. The historic city is also notable for the nearby lakes Cheremenetskoye and Vrevo, around which numerous noble estates of past centuries have survived to this day.

Nikolskoe

Stretched out along the Tosna River. The city got its name in honor of Nicholas the Wonderworker, whose icon was brought here by the first settlers. The sights of Nikolsky include the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, a memorial to the soldiers who died in the Second World War, Poklonny stone on the banks of the Tosna in honor of the victims of the Great Patriotic War and prisoners of war.

Otradnoe

Located on the Left Bank of the Neva. The main attraction is the post station. Until now, two buildings have survived - the post office and the stable, which are historical and architectural monuments. Other sights: Ivanovsky rapids, Ivanovsky Piglet, a memorial on the Tosna River, the Church of St. John the Merciful.

Podporozhye

Located in the northeast of the Leningrad region. Among the sights are the Fraternal Cemetery, where the remains of the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War who died in the local hospital, the Annunciation Church, the Alley of Heroes, as well as the complex of the Verkhnesvirskaya hydroelectric power station, which is a very beautiful, impressive sight, are buried.

Primorsk

Located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Among the city attractions, the stone pier built by the Finns attracts attention; the surviving fragments of the country mansion of Mannerheim's close friend, a Finnish statesman; the Lutheran church of St. Mary Magdalene and sandy picturesque beaches.

Priozersk

It is located near the confluence of the Vuoksa River into Lake Ladoga. The main attractions of Priozersk are the monuments that are located on the territory of the citadel, including the gate tower of the 17th century. Of considerable interest are the gates sheathed with captured Swedish armor, which lead to the Old Fortress.

Pinery

Located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. The main pride of the Sosnovobortsy is the Andersengrad children's play complex, opened in 1980. It is stylized as the architecture of the Danish Middle Ages and is dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the great storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.

Tikhvin

Refers to the small towns of Russia. It is located in the Leningrad region, is historical city Russian Federation. The city is unique, as the ancient ensemble of the Tikhvin Bogoroditsky Monastery has been preserved here. Tikhvin is a city-museum under open sky, its preserved architectural masterpieces are so beautiful.

How camping works

To get to the place of deployment of our heroes, you first have to spend several days settling logistics issues, provisions, the availability of bath caps and washing sleeping bags, then a couple of hours by car to the Ladoga Lake Priozersk recreation center, consisting of gray, neat houses with an obligatory addition in the form of a barbecue, and from there - forty minutes on foot along a forest path that runs along the shore of Ladoga, over stones and bumps, through a tiny bridge over a backwater of black water, through a clearing of lilies of the valley and a mosquito swarm. And now, finally, on the rock one can see a transparent geo-dome with a pipe of a potbelly stove sticking out of the roof - business card campsite Ladoga.land.

Having rounded a stone cliff, we come to a spacious pine meadow, covered on one side by a dense forest, and on the other - by a rock. This is where most of the buildings are located. There are not so many of them - they are all located at an air distance from each other, and between them, as if in weightlessness, a huge net stretched along with many sweeping swings - a favorite attraction for children. In an ordinary garden greenhouse - a kitchen with a full-length worktop, which has sinks with washbasins, and gas stoves, and all the necessary utensils.

If you go a little deeper, the semicircular sandy shore of Ladoga opens up. There, in the bushes near the water, a bathhouse hid, resembling in shape either a spaceship, or the back of a Colorado potato beetle. Next to it is a shower with a water heater, disguised as a garden greenhouse, the same as the kitchen, only half the size.

"The main principle is not to leave traces"

Sasha:

I have been going to Ladoga for a long time, since I was 20 years old. Many groups were held here, we even tried to rent the land in 1985 in order to build a whole rural settlement with its own school and infrastructure, but in Soviet times we were not allowed to do this, they said: “You city dwellers cannot grow 100 kilograms of potatoes so we don't need you."

When we arrived here, we did not have conditions, but rather a request from the Drive Park Ladoga hotel: “Guys, start doing something adequately beautiful here.” Those who lived here before left behind about thirty bonfires on the rocks, in the roots of trees - wherever beautiful view. Their whole life was attached to the trees. Washbasins, hammocks and streamers left nail marks on the trees. In addition, while renting tents, they also sold alcohol to tourists.

Our main principle is to leave no traces. All tents stand on specially designed wooden podiums with legs. We didn't trample or dig anything, except for a compost pit for a toilet, but this is ultimately a consumable item - for growing oak. You dig in a hole - you plant a sapling.

All facilities are designed and built by us from environmentally friendly materials that do not emit any harmful substances and are recyclable.

Zhenya:

Geodome construction is a well-covered topic on the Internet. Then you understand it, you understand how you will do it, how cheaper it is in terms of materials. Choose a fastening scheme. Many come to peep, then to do the same at home.

Zhenya:

Our separate waste collection is arranged as follows: organic matter - compost; we are taking plastic to the trash for now, but we are gradually moving towards compressing it and handing it over for recycling; iron cans are fired, flattened and buried under the roots of trees - this is a good top dressing, in just a couple of years the cans turn into dust.

We are in the process of learning ecoscience, but you can’t grasp it so quickly. Often our guests boycott separate waste collection, leaving behind unpleasant packages, which we then sort and sort. Somehow, friends from the “dance village on Ladoga” pulled out all the shampoos from the shower, despite the fact that “eco” is beautifully written on them, and with the words “Zhenya, stop being hypocritical, you can’t pour this rubbish into the ground” taught me to wash my hair with rye flour, and the body is soda. And it's cool.

“Here, it happens, it boils well”

Zhenya:

Geographically, we are located at the exit from the skerries in open Ladoga. If there is a storm, then we are at the gate - as on duty. Here, sometimes, it boils well. Everyone around knows that you can fly into this bay and get any help: get warm, get dressed, get through.

We are the only ones in the area packed with an all-weather fleet: a trimaran can approach rocks and carry a ton of cargo in any wave; a high-speed reef on smooth water and with a small wave can help out a lot; a two-pair English rowing boat with an engine in general, any wave on the drum.

Sasha:

My relationship with Ladoga is complex and simple at the same time. The main thing is not to do stupid things out of stupidity. Quite recently, we were returning from here to Berezovo on a boat and one SUP girl was carried away to the open Ladoga: a strong wind was blowing, she was exhausted and was already in despair. The group could not help her in any way - they themselves would have rowed. We picked it up along with the board and returned it to the shore.

In good weather, we like to go to the islands of the Ladoga Skerries and pick berries there. Usually we just soak lingonberries in Ladoga water - nothing else needs to be done with it. This summer, we even want to come up with such a berry quest for mercantile reasons: we need to stock up on berries for the winter so that everyone can eat them when they come here. So we will drop you off on the island and pick you up after each one has collected three liters of berries. This is a return ticket home.

“In the cold we live in a bathhouse, this is our favorite place”

Zhenya:

Winter life is being finalized every year. Now we are thinking about how to put a small dome with double-glazed windows for the team so that the firewood does not go away - in severe frost they fly into the chimney. We are also going to insulate three domes on the rocks and make a path to them with harnesses and crampons, without them it is impossible - slippery. The gas kitchen and bathhouse work, only the shower has to be turned off. In the cold, Sasha and I live in a bathhouse, this is ours. favorite place. The stones give off heat for a long time, they last almost until the morning.

The sauna stove was a gift to ourselves on New Year. We bought it on the 31st. The New Year was celebrated at a gas station in Priozersk: at night we walked here, the northern lights winked at us, and on the morning of January 1 they brought this stove on a trimaran. Ladoga was still open, but two hours later the frost hit minus 27 - and everything froze. We somehow managed to drag and install the stove.

When it is already minus outside, and there is a storm on Ladoga, all these sprays that hit the rocks freeze in the air, and horizontal combs are obtained on the trees, like combs from icicles. And this winter, people even drove around Ladoga in cars - there was such thick ice - but I didn’t risk it on our minibus.

Sasha:

But we walked on the ice and rode motorized dogs. The “caterpillar” has a motor spinning, and it runs forward, you hitch a sled to it and go. The first version was a chainsaw motor. A motorcycle dog is convenient: it fits in the trunk of a car. Winteret.

Zhenya:

As it gets colder, all the mice are breaking for food. Last year, we managed to take them away from the stocks and the dome, making them a nest from felt boots and putting food there all the time. This winter was very cold, and our administrator once said: "Don't come without a mousetrap." We decided to take a simple path: we came to the Priozersky shelter and asked for a cat that could survive in the forest (because we were all dumb that foxes could eat her) and who was least likely to be at home. They gave us Penelope - Penny - a cat of the color of Ladoga fogs. She has taken root well: she has a huge territory, her own house in which she sleeps. Several times Penny brought prey to her bowl - she worked off the bread. She is very gentle, but according to the concepts, she spent many years in the same space with twelve cats. When she had her own bowl, she ate like crazy. We cut her rations, and now she walks half-starved, but she has become affectionate, contact.

“Not even for the sake of the children, but for the sake of the parents”

Sasha:

Working with children with autism for many years - in the Hippocrates cooperative, in the Fathers and Sons Foundation, I helped take the first step towards integrating children with special needs into our society. At first we took them to the cinema, museums, then we began to leave the city for the weekend, for a month or two. It became obvious that taking children to nature is a good mechanism for solving their simple human tasks: learning to tie shoelaces or eating something other than white.

When the organization “Anton is nearby” appeared in the city, which successfully works with adults with autism, all those with whom we once started to go hiking turned out to be in it. I suggested making a self-sustaining camp.

Those who have extremely difficult children come here. And this is not even for the sake of the children, but for the sake of the parents - just give them the opportunity to rest for 10–20 days, to be in beautiful place in nature and to be helped in doing so. A volunteer is assigned to almost every family in the camp - this allows parents not to watch the child every second. "Anton is right here" has a big program during the camp. The guys do yoga, psychosomatics, music. Last year, on the theater shift, they were preparing for a performance at the Bolshoi Theater.

The rest of the time, guests come to us, rent equipment and tents. The task is to make a commercial holiday, so that this money goes to a non-profit charitable history of the development of this money, so that it is a self-sustaining program. To this day, Evgenia and I are still investing in camping money earned from our main job - at a high-rise construction site. "Anton is right here" is also investing, buying equipment, looking for sponsors.

Zhenya:

Our next plan is Napoleonic. We are starting small, working out this whole scheme, and then, when we have the opportunity, we will buy together a fairly large piece of land for agricultural purposes, we will make an ecovillage and we will be able to employ children with autism. They will be able to perform their simple everyday tasks every day and be needed by society. Sasha knows perfectly well which of the guys can carry water and be happy, who can carry firewood, who can take care of chickens, who can take care of lambs. Some such simple things so that you can make a closed loop.

Sasha:

A simple example: I have a mother, she is cheerful, she is 80 years old, she rushes like crazy. There would be a great model: to put my mother in a small house on the land that we will buy, to put a person with autism in another small house with a volunteer. That's it - the model starts to work: the autist carries firewood, the stove is heated in the house; a volunteer (often these are students of correctional universities or just people who need it, since there are more and more of them in the world) performs their practice together with an autistic person; an elderly person has an au pair, and the parents of an autistic person have an understanding that the child will not end up in a boarding school.

Sasha:

Fifteen years ago, when I worked at the Emelya Rehabilitation Tourism Charitable Foundation, we decided to build a boat together with the Prince Gagarin Human Development Foundation. We didn’t have much money, so we couldn’t buy a new vessel for our tasks, but the tasks are still the same - for children with special needs: so that they can feel comfortable, not stumble, sleep, eat and go on it to the city not on an excursion, but on a hike.

So we took an old boat - without a bottom, without everything - bought all the necessary materials and tools and rebuilt it for four years. When they finished work, they began to roll the children and perform all sorts of programs. Even during the construction process, I knew that I would live on it. And so it happened. Then Evgenia appeared, we began to live together, then our tame crow Carissima appeared, and then the understanding came that with all the domestic inconveniences on the boat - in winter there is no toilet and shower - it became impossible to live either in the city center, or in a new apartment, or in house somewhere in the suburbs. Once having tasted freedom, it is difficult to return to cages, frames, concrete boxes.

Sasha:

Crow Kara is a by-product of high-rise work. The tenants called high-altitude workers at night to remove a crow from a tree - it got tangled with its foot in the rope from which the nest was twisted, and hung upside down for several hours. Both he and the crows were screaming, the grandmothers could not sleep. The next morning, the residents said: guys, take this crow, we have cats, dogs, in general, what should we do with it? Evgeniya took the little crow in, began to treat it, take care of it, feed it, in particular, take it here to put it on its wing and release it into the wild. While Kara was being treated with us, we, the people, became a community for her, an imprint turned out, so she wild nature does not live, but reaches out to society.

Once we went to the city, and she rushed after us. By that time, Kara was already flying freely around the camp and around. She stopped in Priozersk and trolled everyone there, taking away food at the market, socks from grandmothers, untying the ropes at the boat station. Everyone thought it was a circus crow. When we arrived at the camp and did not find Kara, Zhenya put up ads all over the track, and in less than a day the uncle returned her to us. She flew into his car in Priozersk at the call of "Carissima, Kara" and a piece of bread.

Zhenya:

Last fall, we broke the glass in the car - they tried to steal things, but did not have time, but the crow nevertheless flew out. For the next six days, from morning to evening, we were looking for her: posting ads, bombing social networks. Since a reward of 20 thousand was announced, students and pensioners went out in search of Kara every day, as if to work. I don't know how many thousands of calls there were. As a result, she was found by a designer of rastabikes and a part-time tractor janitor. He saw a crow, held it in his hands, released it, called his wife, and she told him: “Don’t come home without a crow, we have nothing to pay for an apartment, and here is just a reward - the cost of rent.”

Another time she got lost on Vasilyevsky Island and the fishermen found it. Kara knows that the men who sit in the Buddha posture have worms and fish, they have been feeding on them for several days. We gave 50 thousand to the fishermen.

Kara was recently recuperating on our boat after being injured in a fight with a wild crow. Since it was abnormally hot for May, and our boat had good insulation, it was cool there. I had to pay off with lamb bones.

Sasha:

And a well-groomed boat, and dry cleaning for covers, and washing the hold. When we were just starting to live with Kara, we were like: “Oh, I shit again, oh, I messed up here, oh, I shit!” And after some time: “Oh-oh-oh, well shat, a good litter means healthy. Oh, liquid - something is wrong! Who fed her honey?!” Now like this: not the smell, but the quality of shit pleases. And, in principle, it is the same with everyone - with people, too.