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Tuksa (Karelia)
Tuksa (russian: Тукса, olo, Tuuksi) is a village and the administrative center (and the sole populated place) of , Olonetsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia. (archived pahe dated by November 1, 2013) It is located 8 km to the west of Olonets and stretches about 7 km north–south along the until it flows into Olonka, where it meets with the Central Street of the Immalitsy village, stretched along the northern bank of Olonka. References {{reflist Populated places in Olonetsky District ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Tuksinskoe (Karelia)
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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] |
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] |
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] |
Olonka
The Olonka (russian: Олонка) is a river in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It gave the name to the town of Olonets by the river and eventually to the surrounding territory ( Olonets Governorate, Olonets Krai, now Olonetsky District). It flows out of the reservoir Utozero and discharges into Lake Ladoga. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The 1906 Russian ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary'' writes that Olonka flows from Lake Topornoye, through lakes Vagvozero, Utozero and Torosozero, and eventually to Lake Ladoga. This section is now referred to as Topornaya (Топорная). The highest point of this drainage chain is Kaskozero, which overspills into Lake Pyyre Järvi ( Pyureyarvi, Пюреярви), which is connected by a shallow creek to Topornoye. < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immalitsy
Immalitsy ( olo, Immal, russian: Иммалицы) is a village within the municipality of , Olonets District, Republic of Karelia, Russia. On January 1, 2013, it had population of 154. It is located by the bank of river Olonka The Olonka (russian: Олонка) is a river in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It gave the name to the town of Olonets by the river and eventually to the surrounding territory ( Olonets Governorate, Olonets Krai, now Olonetsky District). It .... As a result of population decline, the villages of Verkhnyaya Yeroyla, Issoyla, Malaya Immalitsa, Bolshaya Immalitsa, Peski and Petchilya were merged into a single settlement in 1957.Список мелких населённых пунктов Карельской АССР, укрупнённых в 1957 году. Карельская АССР: административно-территориальное деление (по состоянию на 1 января 1960 года) / Президиум Ве ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
