Kestenga
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Kestenga
Кестеньга | |
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 The church of Kestenga in 2021 | |
Location of Kestenga  | |
  Kestenga Location of Kestenga  Kestenga Kestenga (Karelia) | |
| Coordinates:65°53′7″N31°49′53″E/ 65.88528°N 31.83139°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia |
| Administrative district | Loukhsky District[1] |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,277 |
| •Municipal district | Loukhsky Municipal District |
| •Rural settlement | Kestengskoye Rural Settlement |
| •Capitalof | Kestengskoye Rural Settlement[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+3(UTC+03:00 [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 186664 |
| OKTMOID | 86621425101 |
Kestenga(Russian:Кестеньга;Karelian:Kiestinki;Finnish:Kiestinki) is a rural village in theLoukhsky Districtof theRepublic of Kareliain Russia on the northern shore ofLake Topozero.
It is the administrative centre of theKestenga rural settlement.
There is a railway station on theLoukhi-Pyaozerskyline.
As of the 2013 Census, its population was 1,117.
The village was at the center of theBattle of Kestengain 1941 between the Finnish and Soviet Army during theContinuation War.
History
[edit]One of the oldest settlements in theLoukhsky district.The history of the settlement dates back to the XV—XVI centuries. The first mention dates back to 1547. In 1628, the settlement was mentioned in a decree of TsarMikhail Fedorovichas the center of the community on Topozera. In the XVII century, a monastery operated on the bank of the Topozer.
In December 1708, by decree of Peter I, during the regional reform, theArkhangelsk governoratewas formed. In 1719, the Arkhangelsk province was formed in its composition, divided into districts. Kestenga belonged to theDvinsky district.In 1727, the districts were renamed counties.
In 1775-1785, Catherine II carried out aterritorial reform.A new, largerVologda viceroyaltywas established from the Arkhangelsk governorate, which was divided into two oblast — Vologodskaya andArkhangelskaya.In 1773, theOlonets provincewas created as part of two counties: Olonets and Vytegorsky and Lopka Padan districts. In 1782, the city of Povenets was established, the Padan district was renamedPovenetsky.In May 1785, from the northern part of the Povenetsky Uyezd and part of the territory of the Onega Uyezd of the Arkhangelsk viceroyalty, theKemsky Uyezdwas formed, which became part of theOlonets viceroyalty.From that moment on, Kestenga turned out to be the Kemsky District, which existed until 1927.
In 1796, the Kemsky district, and with it Kestenga, were transferred to the Arkhangelsk governorate.
According to the records of the villages of the north-western White Sea region for 1870, the first inhabitants at the mouth of the Kestenga River on the Topozer are considered to be old-timers from the genus of a Laplander named Keme. Folk legend claims that the Kem (Kemovs) wereKareliansby nationality.
In1920,the Kemsky Uyezd, and with it the Kestengsky volost, were transferred to theKarelian Labor Communecreated by decree of theCentral Executive Committee.
During theRussian Civil War,theKarelian Uprisingtook place in the winter of 1921-1922. By the end of December 1921, Karelo-Finnish detachments already numbered 5-6 thousand people and occupied part of eastern Karelia up to the Kestenga—Suomussalmi—Rugozero—Padany—Porosozeroline.[6]On January 25, 1921, the northern grouping of Soviet troops occupied Kestenga.
In 1923, the Karelian Labor Commune was transformed into an Autonomous Karelian SSR, divided into counties. Kestengskaya volost was transferred to Ukhta Uyezd (1923-1927), formed from the western part of Kemsky Uyezd.
Until 1927, the settlement served as the administrative center of the district, which included half of the territory of the current Kandalakshsky district of the Murmansk oblast and the entire territory of the current Loukhsky district.
On August 29, 1927, the county division in the AKSSR was abolished. Districts were formed instead of counties. The territory of Ukhta County was divided between Kesteng andUkhta districts.[7]
During theGreat Patriotic War,the village was occupied by German troops. There was a German hospital (sanatorium) in Kesteng. In the Museum of Local Lore of the Finnish city ofKuusamo,photographs depicting Heinrich Himmler on the pier of the village of Kestenga. In1942,Soviet troops launched the Kesteng offensive to liberate the village, which ended in failure.
Near the village there is a German cemetery, partially looted by black diggers, partially exported to Germany.[8]
In 1955-1956, the Kestengsky district was liquidated, its territory was annexed to the Loukhsky district.[9]
References
[edit]- ^abcГосударственный 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 86221000007», 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, 1997Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 86221000007,as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
- ^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.
- ^Law #871-ZRK
- ^"Об исчислении времени".Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации(in Russian). 3 June 2011.Retrieved19 January2019.
- ^Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post).Поиск объектов почтовой связи(Postal Objects Search)(in Russian)
- ^Белофинская авантюра в Карелии 1921—1922 // Советская историческая энциклопедия / edit., E. M. Zhukov. том 2. М., State Scientific Publishing House «Советская энциклопедия», 1962. p.275-277
- ^Карельский государственный архив новейшей истории. Путеводитель. 2003
- ^The materials are taken from the book of historical and architectural research of Kestenga (authors V. Gulyaev and T. Nechaeva)
- ^Административно-территориальное устройство Республики Карелия
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