Ledmozero (Russian: Ледмозеро; Karelian: Liedmajärvi; Finnish: Lietmajärvi) is a settlement in the northern part of Muyezersky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) south-east of Lake Ledmozero. Population: 2,923 (1989 Soviet census).[6]

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Ledmozero is located in Russia
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Location of Ledmozero
Ledmozero is located in Karelia
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Ledmozero (Karelia)
Coordinates: 64°15′06″N 32°01′42″E / 64.25167°N 32.02833°E / 64.25167; 32.02833
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Karelia
Administrative districtMuyezersky District[1]
Founded1963Edit this on Wikidata
Population
 • Total2,112
 • Municipal districtMuyezersky Municipal District
 • Rural settlementLedmozerskoye Rural Settlement
 • Capital ofLedmozerskoye Rural Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
186970
OKTMO ID86627427101

In 1905, the population of the settlement consisted of six peasant families comprising 12 males and 18 females.[7]

The settlement is connected to Kochkoma by the Ledmozero–Kochkoma Railway,[8] a part of the Oktyabrskaya Railway system.[9]

History edit

According to the master plan, a settlement was supposed to be built near the railway. This area was previously called Gorely Bor due to the fact that the forest here was destroyed by fire. Construction began in May 1963. The first residential buildings were 4-apartment. In 1964, 8-apartment buildings were built. In the autumn of 1964, a forestry station was opened in the village. Over time, more comfortable houses appeared in the village, two five-storey buildings were built.[10]

Ledmozero had a status of urban-type settlement until 1991, when it was demoted to a rural locality.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 86227000008», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 86227000008, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  2. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ Law #871-ZRK
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  7. ^ Издание Олонецкого губернского статистического комитета. "Список населённых мест Олонецкой губернии по сведениям за 1905 год". Петрозаводск, 1907. Стр. 284–285.
  8. ^ Igor Stepanov (29 December 2001). Открытие железной дороги "Ледмозеро-Кочкома" (in Russian). Republic of Karelia. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  9. ^ Совет по железнодорожному транспорту государств — участников Содружества. Тарифное руководство №4. Книга 2. Часть 1. "Алфавитный список железнодорожных станций".
  10. ^ "Ледмозеро" (in Russian). muezersky.ru. Archived from the original on 2010-11-06.