One of the most popular attractions of lake Onega - the Onega lake – the mysterious village of Karelia. It is located on the banks Unitsa lips on the West zaonezhskoe Peninsula, at a considerable distance from the shore of lake Onega. It is a cultural and historical complex, it is located near the village of Onega lake, just a mile. It is surrounded by a picturesque pine forest. Here special natural, climatic and soil conditions, thanks to them the nature in this area is preserved in its original variety, both the animal and vegetable world. Preserved traces of ancient culture, spiritual life of the population zaonezhskoe edge. Therefore, the Onega lake without exaggeration can be called the pearl of Karelia.

For the first time at the monuments Pegram drew the attention of the archaeologist scientist A. P. Zhuravlev in 1985. To make this discovery helped a random event. Near the village of Onega lake as a result of a forest fire burned locally a section of undergrowth. Thanks to the archaeologists opened an unusual sight: in a small area there were many stones-boulders, many of whom had zoomorphic form and traces of rough treatment. Bare soil was visible in places the masonry, and areas of ocher sand.

In 1991-1994 were conducted more in-depth study of this complex. The total area of 20 thousand sq. m, it was discovered hundreds of monuments from different centuries. Some of the oldest - unique religious monument 3-2 Millennium BC. Focusing on a small area of the stone boulders similar to a human figure, or figures of animals, suggests that they are elements of the religious rituals of ancient people. These beliefs included the worship of the souls of the dead and stone idols. Very interesting stone sculptures, composed of several huge parts. They clearly discern the shape of the lower body women, human skulls. Much has been made of finds on site in the form of ancient tombs, both single graves and group. Graves of people of the upper Paleolithic typically include ritual practices in the graves with the deceased found tools, stone knives, jewelry, ceramics, charcoal. It was found that the burial was filled with red ocher. Obviously, at this time, ideas about the afterlife. It is likely that the purpose of staining body in the color of blood was to give him the power of life, energy.

Monuments megaliths in the Onega lake is diverse: there are composed of several parts that are installed at each other, there is a separate vertically spaced, there are just stacked in a pile. But there are more complex shapes. Unusual, for example, boulders, arranged in the form of a snail, perhaps they were round-charms. In the complex figure of enormous frogs, the worship of which in ancient times was connected with the cult of fertility. Discovered in the Onega lake the figure, called by archaeologists "Tatarka", its length 1, 8 m, width: 1, 05 m and height 0, 65 m. the Ancient inhabitants of Karelia worshiped the image of the waterfowl, and he was Central to their worldview. It is therefore not surprising that among the stone figures was discovered the figure of a duck. It consists of two stones, consisting on each other, we can clearly see the beak is 12 cm long and the tail size 70 cm This monument significantly stands out and is perfectly visible at a great distance.

The Onega lake is a unique monument, it is only here, unlike other cult finds Karelia, was discovered by archaeologists cultural layer which has not survived in other places. Heritage centre in the Onega lake awakens interest in the study of the traditions of ancient cultures, contributes to the development of tourism in the region.