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Banks of the Svir River
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Lake Onega
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Lake Ladoga
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Russia
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224 km (139 mi)
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32 m (105 ft)
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790 m&sup3/s (27,903 ft&sup3/s)
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83,200 km&sup2 (32,124 mi&sup2)
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The river (''Свирь'', Finnish: ''Syväri'') connects
Lake Onega with
Lake Ladoga in
Russia , thus connecting the two largest lakes of Europe, and is considered the southern border of
East Karelia . The river flows past the
Alexander-Svirsky Monastery , which used to house one of the most infamous
Gulag s.