Veps National Volost (russian: Ве́псская национа́льная во́лость, ''Vepsskaya natsionalnaya volost''; vep, Vepsän rahvahaline volost’) was a municipal autonomy (a ''

volost Volost ( rus, во́лость, p=ˈvoləsʲtʲ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe. In earlier East Slavic history, ''volost'' was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ...

'') of North

Vepses Veps, or Vepsians ( Veps: ''vepsläižed''), are a Finnic people who speak the Veps language, which belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. According to the 2002 census, there were 8,240 Veps in Russia. Of the 281 Veps in Ukraine, ...

Prionezhsky District Prionezhsky District (russian: Прионе́жский райо́н; krl, Prionežjen piiri; vep, Änižröunan rajon; olo, Oniegan rannikon piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. ...

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 ...

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. The autonomy was established on January 20, 1994, and it was discontinued in 2004. Its territorial centre was the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

('' selo'') of

Shyoltozero Shyoltozero ( rus, Шёлтозеро, p=ˈʂoltəzʲɪrə; vep, Šoutjärv’; krl, Šoutjärvi; fi, Soutjärvi) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located close to the shore of Lake On ...

. The volost's population was 3,166 in the 2002 Census with a Veps population of 1,202.http://www.gov.karelia.ru/Regions/Veps/vepnac.html#1 The volost extended over the same territory as the

Shyoltozero District Shyoltozero ( rus, Шёлтозеро, p=ˈʂoltəzʲɪrə; vep, Šoutjärv’; krl, Šoutjärvi; fi, Soutjärvi) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located close to the shore of Lake O ...

from the 1930s to the 1950s. The volost was municipally divided into three rural settlements (

Shoksha Shoksha (russian: Шокша) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Pakshengskoye Rural Settlement of Velsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The population was 102 as of 2014. There are 5 streets. Geography Shoksha is located 49 km north ...

, and Rybreka) comprising thirteen villages.''Charter of the Municipal Formation of Veps National Volost'', adopted on January 19, 2002

References

Geography of the Republic of Karelia Vepsia {{RepublicofKarelia-geo-stub