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Pegrema

Coordinates: 62°19′35″N 34°45′58″E / 62.3265°N 34.766°E / 62.3265; 34.766
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Disintegrating houses in abandoned villages of Pegrema

Pegrema (Russian: Пе́грема) is an abandoned village in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, situated on a bank of Lake Ääninen, about 10 km from Unitsa.[citation needed]

Pegrema is a beautiful example of the region's wooden architecture. It consists of several large peasant houses, the fronts of which are faced to the lake.[citation needed]

In the 1770s, the Varlaam Khutynsky chapel was built on a little cape in front of the houses. The chapel remains almost completely intact, although all icons were removed from it after the Russian Revolution.[citation needed]

62°19′35″N 34°45′58″E / 62.3265°N 34.766°E / 62.3265; 34.766