Kalewala

Urban-type settlement Kalewala Калевала ( Russian ) Kalevala ( Karelian ) flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia republic Karelia Rajon Kalewala First mention 1553 Earlier names Ukhta (until 1963) Urban-type settlement since 1963 population 4529 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81454 Post Code 186910 License Plate 10 OKATO 86 209 551 Geographical location Coordinates 65 ° 12 ′  N , 31 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 65 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 31 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Republic of Karelia

Kalewala ( Russian Калевала , Finnish and Karelian Kalevala ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Karelia in northwestern Russia . From the 16th century to 1963 the place was called Uchta (Russian Ухта , Karelian and Finnish Uhtua ). Kalewala has 4529 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is the administrative seat of the Kalewala Rajons . The place is located on the north bank of the lake Sredneje Kuito 550 km northwest of Petrozavodsk and 182 km west of Kem .

Uchta was one of the villages in which Elias Lönnrot recorded the orally transmitted folk poetry in the 19th century, on the basis of which he created the Finnish national epic Kalevala . Based on this, Ukhta was renamed Kalewala in 1963 when it was given the status of an urban-type settlement .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3365
1959	3494
1970	4408
1979	4834
1989	5150
2002	5578
2010	4529

Note: census data

Web links

• Detailed description of the Rajon (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)