Kolatselga Explained
| En Name: | Kolatselga |
| Ru Name: | Колатсельга |
| Other Name: | Kolatselgy |
| Other Lang: | Karelian |
| Coordinates: | 61.6667°N 45°W |
| Map Label Position: | right |
| Federal Subject: | Republic of Karelia |
| Adm District Jur: | Pryazhinsky District |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
| Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
| Mun District Jur: | Pryazhinsky National District |
| Postal Codes: | 186148 |
| Rural Settlement Jur: | Vedlozerskoye Rural Settlement |
| Pop 2010Census: | 114 |
Kolatselga (Russian: Колатсельга, Karelian: Kolatselgy; Finnish: Kolatselkä) is a village within the Vedlozero rural settlement of Pryazhinsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
General information
Located on the shores of Lake Tulmozero. Located at the intersection of the Kollasjoki River with the P21 motorway.
Historical monuments
There are historical monuments in the village:
- The destroyed building of the Tulmozero iron smelter.[1]
- Two mass graves of Soviet soldiers and underground workers who died during the Soviet-Finnish (1939-1940) and the Great Patriotic War. 500 people are buried in the graves, the main part of those buried are soldiers of the 7th Army of the Karelian Front. Among those buried are Hero of the Soviet Union D. I. Rakus, underground intelligence officer Tatyana Afanasyevna Ananina (1918-1942), shot by the Finnish occupiers.[2] [3]
Population
The population in 2013 was 99.
References
Sources
Notes and References
- Web site: Объекты культурного наследия (памятники истории и культуры) на территории Пряжинского муниципального района . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200517142751/http://monuments.karelia.ru/ob-ekty-kul-turnogo-nasledija/spiski-ob-ektov-kul-turnogo-nasledija-po-rajonam-i-poselenijam-respubliki-karelija/prjazhinskij-r-n/ . 2020-05-17 . monuments.karelia.ru . ru.
- Web site: Памятники героям . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200223050519/http://monuments.karelia.ru/napravlenija-dejatel-nosti/uvekovechenie-pamjati-pogibshih-pri-zacshite-otechestva/meroprijatija-k-70-letiju-pobedy/pamjatniki-gerojam/ob-ekty-voenno-istoricheskogo-nasledija-na-territorii-respubliki-karelija-svjazannye-s-imenami-geroev-sovetskogo-sojuza/ . 2020-02-23 . ru.
- Великая Отечественная война в Карелии: памятники и памятные места. — Петрозаводск, 2015. — 334 с.: ил.
