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Ilyinsky, Republic Of Karelia
Ilyinsky (russian: Ильинский, krl, Alavoine, fi, Kotsila) is a village in the Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, the administrative center of the Ilyinskoye rural settlement. Geography Located 19 km west of Olonets, on the Olonka River, four kilometers east of the coast of Lake Ladoga. History The first settlement in the territory of the modern settlement was the village of Yuksila, mentioned in the scribe book of the Obonezhskaya Pyatina in 1651. In 1927, the Alavoine sawmill was organized. In 1932, the Alavoine state farm was launched with the development of the “Syandeb Marshes”. In 1939, the Alavoine state farm became one of the largest farms in the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1957, the villages of Vinokurovo, Goshkila, Kotchila, Martoil, Rugoil, Sloboda, Unoil, Yuksil and Yakkoil were included in the settlement. In 1962, the workers' settlement of Ilyinsky was formed, with the inclusion of settlements - t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Karelia
The Republic of Karelia (russian: Респу́блика Каре́лия, Respublika Kareliya; ; krl, Karjalan tašavalta; ; fi, Karjalan tasavalta; vep, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Ludic: ''Kard’alan tazavald''), also known as just Karelia (russian: Каре́лия, Ка́рьяла; krl, Karjala), is a republic of Russia situated in Northwest Russia. The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and covers an area of , with a population of 603,067 residents. Its capital is Petrozavodsk. The modern Karelian Republic was founded as an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR by the Resolution of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) on 27 June 1923 and by the Decree of the VTsIK and the Council of People's Commissars of 25 July 1923, from the Karelian Labour Commune. From 1940 to 1956, it was known as the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the union republics in the Soviet Union. In 1956, it was once again made an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olonetsky District
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Olonetsky (masculine), Olonetskaya (feminine), or Olonetskoye (neuter) may refer to: *Olonetsky District, a district of the Republic of Karelia, Russia *Olonetskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation incorporating the town of Olonets and eight rural localities in Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia *Olonets Governorate (''Olonetskaya guberniya''), a governorate of the Russian Empire *Olonets Viceroyalty (''Olonetskoye namestnichestvo''), a viceroyalty of the Russian Empire bordering Vologda Viceroyalty *Olonets Oblast (''Olonetskaya oblast''), a division of the Russian Empire, originally in Novgorod Viceroyalty Novgorod Viceroyalty (russian: Новгоро́дское наме́стничество) was an administrative division (a '' namestnichestvo'') of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1776–1796. The seat of the Viceroyalty was located in Novg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olonets
Olonets (russian: Оло́нец; krl, Anus, olo, Anuksenlinnu; fi, Aunus, Aunuksenkaupunki or Aunuksenlinna) is a town and the administrative center of Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Olonka River to the east of Lake Ladoga. Population: History Olonets is the oldest documented settlement in Karelia, mentioned by Novgorodian sources as early as 1137. Its history is obscure until 1649, when a fortress was built there to protect the Grand Duchy of Moscow against the Swedes. The same year it was granted town privileges. Until the Great Northern War, Olonets developed as a principal market for Russian trade with Sweden. To the south from the town, there sprawled a belt of fortified abbeys, of which the Alexander-Svirsky Monastery was the most important. In the 18th century, Olonets' importance shifted from trade to ironworking industries. In 1773, it was made the seat of Olonets Governorate. Eleven years later, however, the seat was moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga (; rus, Ла́дожское о́зеро, r=Ladozhskoye ozero, p=ˈladəʂskəjə ˈozʲɪrə or rus, Ла́дога, r=Ladoga, p=ˈladəɡə, fi, Laatokka arlier in Finnish ''Nevajärvi'' ; vep, Ladog, Ladoganjärv) is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake located entirely in Europe, the second largest lake after Baikal in Russia, and the 14th largest freshwater lake by area in the world. ''Ladoga Lacus'', a methane lake on Saturn's moon Titan, is named after the lake. Etymology In one of Nestor's chronicles from the 12th century a lake called "the Great Nevo" is mentioned, a clear link to the Neva River and possibly further to Finnish ''nevo'' 'sea' or ''neva'' 'bog, quagmire'. Evgeny Pospelov: ''Geographical names of the world. Toponymic dictionary.'' Second edition. Astrel, Moscow 2001, pp. 106f. Ancient Norse sagas and Hanseatic tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyatina
Pyatina (russian: пятина) was a first-level unit of administrative division of Novgorod Land. The name ''pyatina'' originates from the word russian: пять, which means "five". Novgorod Land was subdivided into five pyatinas. The division was first mentioned in the end of the 15th century and was in use after Novgorod was taken over by the Grand Duchy of Moscow. It is unclear whether the division existed in the Novgorod Republic. The division into pyatinas was abolished in the 18th century, after the governorates were established. The five pyatinas were * Vodskaya Pyatina to the north and northwest of Novgorod (the left bank of the Volkhov River). Named after the Votic people. It included parts of Novgorod and Leningrad Oblasts and the Republic of Karelia, as well as parts of Finland. * Obonezhskaya Pyatina to the northeast of Novgorod, on the right bank of the Volkhov. This pyatina continued north to Lake Onega and further to the White Sea. It included parts of Novgorod, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyaterochka
Pyaterochka (russian: Пятёрочка, Pyatyorochka, lit=Five) is a Russian chain of convenience stores managed by X5 Retail Group. The chain opened its 15,000th store in the city of Zelenograd, Russia, in May 2019. History The chain opened its first store in 1999 in St. Petersburg. Pyaterochka expanded its market to Moscow in 2001 and started a franchise program a year later. Pyaterochka Holding N.V. completed an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in 2005. Pyaterochka and Perekrestok merged in 2006 to create X5 Retail Group; the group kept the Pyaterochka brand. In 2009, X5 Retail Group acquired Kopeyka, a retail chain with more than 660 stores and seven distribution centers. All Kopeyka stores were rebranded to Pyaterochka. Pyaterochka launched a store refurbishment program in 2013 to introduce a new range of products, and make the store layout more spacious. Most of the stores were refurbished with a glass-front design. The Pyaterochka concept of br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnit
Magnit (Магнит, "Magnet") is one of Russia's largest food retailers. It was founded in 1994 in Krasnodar by Sergey Galitsky. As of March 2016, the company had 12,434 stores in 2,385 locations. They include 9,715 convenience stores, 225 hypermarkets, 2,337 Magnit Cosmetics stores and 157 Magnit family stores. The company employs more than 140,000 people and has been opening several dozen stores each month. Since 2006, the company has developed a chain of "Magnit" hypermarkets in many Russian cities and towns. It overtook its rival X5 Retail as Russia's largest retailer in terms of sales in April 2013, although it is still under-represented in Moscow. As of July 2014, it is the world's fourth largest retailer by market capitalization. However, the largest retailer in Russia in 2017 is the X5 Retail Group. Since November 2021 Marathon Group owned by Alexander Vinokurov has become the largest shareholder History The founder of Magnit retail chain, Sergey Galitsky, estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozon (company)
Ozon is one of the first e-commerce companies in Russia, sometimes referred to as "the Amazon of Russia." Established in 1998 as an online bookstore, Ozon was one of the three biggest online retail platforms in the country by 2019. It was named as the #3 most valuable Russian internet company of 2020 by Forbes. Ozon is part of Ozon Group, which also owns the online travel booking platform Ozon.Travel and a stake in Russia's largest digital bookstore Litres. The current chief executive officer of Ozon is Alexander Shulgin, who joined the company after serving as chief financial officer and later chief operating officer of Yandex. In October 2020 it was reported that Ozon plans to hold an IPO in the United States that could value the company at $3-5 billion. In November 2020, Ozon went public on the Nasdaq in an IPO that valued the company at $6.2 billion. History Ozon.ru was established in 1998 as an online bookseller by the Russian software house Reksoft. The company soon expan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sberbank
PJSC Sberbank (russian: Сбербанк, initially a contraction of russian: сберегательный банк, translit=sberegatelnyy bank, lit=savings bank, link=no) is a Russian majority state-owned banking and financial services company headquartered in Moscow. It was called Sberbank of Russia until 2015 (currently: Sber). Sberbank has operations in several European nations, primarily post-Soviet countries. By 2022, the bank accounted for about a third of all bank assets in Russia. The bank's rise since 1990s is in part due to its close connections to the Russian government. it was the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe, and the third largest in Europe, ranked 60th in the world and first in central and Eastern Europe in ''The Banker''s Top 1000 World Banks ranking. In the world ranking of public companies ''Forbes'' "Global 2000" Sberbank takes 51st place. History Early history Sberbank's history goes back to Cancrin's financial reform of 1841, when a netw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
