Pudosh

city Pudosch Пудож ( Russian ) Puudoži ( Karelian ) coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia republic Karelia Rajon Pudosh Founded 1382 City since 1785 surface 8  km² population 9698 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1212 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 55  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81452 Post Code 186150 License Plate 10 OKATO 86 242 501 Website http://www.pudozh.info/ Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 48 ′  N , 36 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 36 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Republic of Karelia

List of cities in Russia

Street in Pudosh

Pudosch ( Russian Пудож , Karelian Puudoži , Finnish Puutoinen or Puudosi) is a city in the Republic of Karelia ( Russia ) with 9,698 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 115 kilometers east of the republic capital Petrozavodsk on the right bank of the Wodla , about 30 kilometers above its confluence with Lake Onega .

Pudosh is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

history

The place was established in 1382 as a settlement of Pudoga , later also called Pudoshski pogost ( Pudoscher Kirchhof ). The name is derived from the Karelian word for river arm .

On May 16, 1785, the place received city rights under its current name, later as the administrative center of a district of the Olonez Governorate .

At the end of the 18th century, several glassworks were built in the area, and sawmills at the end of the 19th century. The gray and pink-gray granites from Kaschina Gora have been used for cladding Saint Petersburg and Moscow buildings since the 19th century .

In the city there was a prisoner of war camp 447 for German prisoners of war of the Second World War .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1,455
1926	2,194
1939	4,405
1959	7,044
1970	7,970
1979	8,692
1989	10,982
2002	10,632
2010	9,698

Note: census data

Culture and sights

A number of residential buildings from the 19th century have been preserved in the city center. The city has a history and local museum .

Around 800 Neolithic and Bronze Age rock carvings , the so-called Onega petroglyphs , were discovered at the mouth of the Wodla in Lake Onega .

The 468,915 hectare Wodlosero National Park has been stretching north of the city since 1991 and has been a UNESCO biosphere reserve since 2001 . One of the visitor centers, as well as the administration of the Pudosh sector of the park, is located in the village of Kugnawolok in the Pudosh district .

economy

In Pudosch there are companies in the wood, wood processing and food industries.

sons and daughters of the town

• Pawel Wiltschewski (1874–1958), General
• Igor Andropov (1941-2006), diplomat
• Vladimir Pettai (1973-2011), football referee

Web links

Commons : Pudosch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Unofficial website about the city (Russian)
• Pudosh on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Wodlosero National Park (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)
2. ↑ Maschke, Erich (Ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.
3. ↑ Вильчевский Павел Эмильевич , grwar.ru (Russian)
4. ↑ Андропов Игорь Юрьевич , labyrinth.ru (Russian)