trade-soima


Karelian "soima" was used in Lake Ladoga in 1700-1900. It is actually mix of traditional karelian boat making and Dutch naval architecture - like also bigger "kaljottu." In 1560s, dutch trader Simon van Salingen reported about karelians' high ship building skills. .

"In the 11th century, in North-Russia started settling the coasts of the White Sea, named so for being ice-covered for over half of a year. The mixed ethnic group of the Karelians and the Russians in the North-Russia that lived on the shores of the Arctic Ocean became known as Pomors ("seaside settlers"). Gradually they developed a special type of small one- or two-mast wooden sailing ships, used for voyages in the ice conditions of the Arctic seas and later on Siberian rivers. These earliest icebreakers were called kochi. " wikipedia/icebreaker

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