Kestenga (russian: Кестеньга; krl, Kiestinki; fi, Kiestinki), is a rural village in the

Loukhsky District Loukhsky District (russian: Ло́ухский райо́н; krl, Louhen piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.Constitution of the Republic of Karelia It is located in the north of th ...

of the

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 (rus ...

in Russia on the northern shore of

Lake Topozero Lake Topozero (, ) is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, northwestern part of Russia. It has an area of long, and a drainage basin of . It is 75.3 km long and 30.3 km wide. Maximum depth is about 50 m. There are more th ...

. It is the administrative centre of the ''Kestenga rural settlement''.
There is a railway station on the

Loukhi Loukhi (russian: Лоухи; krl, Louhi) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Loukhsky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Panovo, north of Petrozavodsk, the c ...

Pyaozersky Pyaozersky (russian: Пяозе́рский; krl, Piäjärvi; fi, Pääjärvi) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Pyaozero, northwest of Petroz ...

line.
As of the 2013 Census, its population was 1,117. The village was at the center of the Battle of Kestenga in 1941 between the Finnish and Soviet Army during the

Continuation War The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, as part of World War II.; sv, fortsättningskriget; german: Fortsetzungskrieg. A ...

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