Svyatozero ( Karelian. Pühäd'ärvi [2] , Fin. Pyhäjärvi [3] ) is an old Karelian village , the administrative center of the Svyatozersky rural settlement of the Pryazhinsky district of the Republic of Karelia .
| Village | |
| Svyatozero | |
|---|---|
| Pühäd'ärvi, Pyhäjärvi | |
 | |
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Republic of Karelia |
| Municipal District | Pryazha district |
| Rural settlement | Svyatozerskoe |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | 1568 |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | ↘ 658 [1] people ( 2013 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +7 81456 |
| Postcode | 186122 |
| OKATO Code | 86239000065 |
| OKTMO Code | |
| Svyatozersky rural settlement, | |
Content
Geography
It is located on the western shore of the lake of the same name , 59 km from the capital of the republic of the city of Petrozavodsk and 15 km south by road from the district center of the urban-type village of Pryazha .
History
According to archaeological finds of stone tools around the village of Svyatozero, the territory was inhabited by people at the end of the third millennium BC. Some ethnographers believe that the first inhabitants were the ancestors of modern Sami .
For the first time, a village on Svyat-Lake is mentioned in the Scribe Book of the Obonezhsky Pyatina of 1568 [4] .
The administrative center of the Svyatozersky volost of the Petrozavodsk district of the Olonets province.
In 1935, the Eisimäinen collective farm was organized in the Svyatozersky Village Council.
On March 27, 1938, on the groundless accusation of counter-revolutionary activity, by the decision of the Special Troika of the NKVD of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, a priest of the Svyatozersky church, a native of Svyatozer Vladimir Petrov (1869-1938) was shot [5] .
During the years of occupation of the Karelian-Finnish SSR (1941-1944) , a concentration camp was placed in the village.
In March 1959, the Svyatozersky fur farm was established on the basis of the Onega Tractor Plant subsidiary farm; in 1965, the fur farm began to specialize in growing black minks.
In August 1986, by order of the Council of Ministers of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, an agrobiological station of the Karelian State Pedagogical Institute was formed in the village.
The village is a monument of culture and folklore of ethnic Karelians and is popular with travelers, being one of the centers of ethnic tourism in Karelia [6] [7] [8] .
Since 2012, a dog sled race track “ On the Sampo Land ” has been passing through the village.
Population
The population in 1905 was 367 people [9] .
| Population | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009 [10] | 2010 [11] | 2013 [1] |
| 951 | ↘ 725 | ↘ 658 |
Monuments of history
The War Memorial Barrow of Glory is the mass grave of the soldiers of the 98th Guards Airborne Division who died during the Soviet-Finnish War (1941-1944) .
Famous residents and natives
The famous epic rune singer Konstantin Gordeev-Hyakki lived in Svyatozere, as well as his grandson Vasily, who became one of the most famous storytellers of Karelia.
An ethnographer and writer N. F. Leskov was born in the village.
The legend of the village name
The name of the village comes from an island located on a lake with centuries-old fir trees, called the "Holy Grove". There is a legend according to which Tsar Peter I , who was staying in Svyatozer with Prince A. D. Menshikov , became interested in the height of the fir trees and tried to cut one of them, but he did not succeed and he felt unwell. Having made a promise to build the chapel of Peter and Paul, and, after fulfilling it, Peter was healed of his ailment. He also gave the name to the lake - Holy.
See also
- Svyatozersky society
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Population by rural settlements of the Republic of Karelia as of January 1, 2013 . Date of treatment January 3, 2015. Archived January 3, 2015.
- ↑ N. N. Mamontova. Republic of Karelia. List of names of settlements in Russian, Karelian and Vepsian languages (in places of compact residence of Karelians and Vepsians). - Petrozavodsk: KarRC RAS, 2006. - P. 14.
- ↑ Venäjän federaation paikannimiä. - Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, 2006 .-- S. 230.
- ↑ Calendar of significant dates (page 5)
- ↑ B. F. Detchuev, V. G. Makurov. State-church relations in Karelia (1917-1990). - Petrozavodsk: SDV-Optima, 1999 .-- 206 p. - ISBN 5-201-07841-9 .
- ↑ “Our Ancient Village” . - Municipal educational institution “Svyatozerskaya basic comprehensive school”. Date of treatment February 8, 2012. Archived September 11, 2012.
- ↑ Russia: Karelia, the village of Svyatozero . - The company "RussiaDiscovery" is a multi-regional tour operator for active and adventure holidays in Russia. Date of treatment February 8, 2012. Archived September 11, 2012.
- ↑ “History of the agrobase of the KSPA (KSPI, KSPU)” . - Karelian State Pedagogical Academy . Date of treatment February 8, 2012. Archived September 11, 2012.
- ↑ Svyatozerskaya volost of Petrozavodsk district
- ↑ Recommended regulatory network and library service forms indicating the population as of January 1, 2009 according to Kareliastat . Date of treatment April 19, 2015. Archived on April 19, 2015.
- ↑ 2010 All-Russian Population Census. Rural settlements of the Republic of Karelia
Literature
- Mikhailova S. N. Svyatozersky gems. - Petrozavodsk, 1979
- Seppyanen N.G. On the land of Pryazhinsky. - Petrozavodsk, 1980
- Berestov B.A. I want to be a fur hunter. - Petrozavodsk, 1987
- Karelia: encyclopedia: in 3 tons / hl. ed. A.F. Titov. T. 3: R - Ya. - Petrozavodsk: Publishing House PetroPress, 2011. P. 68-384 p., Ill., Maps. ISBN 978-5-8430-0127-8 (vol. 3)
- Kert G. M. Mysteries of Karelian toponymy: a story about the geographical names of Karelia / G. M. Kert , N. N. Mamontova. - Ed. 3rd, fix and add. - Petrozavodsk: “Karelia”, 2007. - 118 p. - p. 15 - ISBN 978-5-7545-1535-2
- Lehtipuu, Markus. Karjala, suomalainen matkaopas 2001 = Toinen, korjattu painos maaliskuu. - Keuruu: Suomalainen matkaopas Finnish Guidebooks Oy, 2001 .-- S. 264. - ISBN 952-9715-13-7 .