Avdeyevo, Republic of Karelia

Avdeyevo (Russian: Авдеево) is a rural locality (a village) and the administrative center of Avdeyevskoye Rural Settlement of Pudozhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia. The population was 361 as of 2013.[2]

Avdeyevo
Авдеево
Village
Avdeyevo
Avdeyevo
Coordinates: 62°00′N 36°03′E[1]
CountryRussia
RegionRepublic of Karelia
DistrictPudozhsky District
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Geography

Avdeyevo is located 36 km northwest of Pudozh (the district's administrative centre) by road. Burakovo is the nearest rural locality.[3]

History

The village was the administrative center of the Avdeevskaya volost of the Pudozhsky Uyezd of the Olonets Governorate, famous for its storytellers N. A. Remezov, I. T. Fofanov, N. V. Kigachev — participants of the All-Karelian Congress of Storytellers in Petrozavodsk in 1939.[4]

Attractions

The village preserves a Mass grave of soviet soldiers, partisans and rural activists.[5]

References

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