This story is about a journey-cruise on the rivers of Russia and the adventures that made the author on the road. The narrator will tell about the wonders of Lake Ladoga and the beauty of the Karelian forests, describe in detail the pilgrimage to the harsh Valaam and the everyday life of the Svir Monastery. The reader will learn about how people live today in the “valleys of red swamps”, will pass with the author through the Rybinsk “sea” to the town of Myshkin, as if descended from the pages of some amazing old fairy tale. Seven locks of the channel . Moscow will open on the pages of this story all its secrets . And many author's photo illustrations harmoniously complement the story and will help to create the most complete idea of what modern river cruises are.