Ledmozero Explained

En Name:Ledmozero
Ru Name:Ледмозеро
Inhabloc Cat:Posyolok
Mun Admctr Of:Ledmozerskoye Rural Settlement
Mun District Jur:Muyezersky Municipal District
Pop 2010Census:2,112
Adm District Jur:Muyezersky District
Federal Subject:Republic of Karelia
Other Lang:Karelian
Other Name:Lietma, Liedmajärvi
Rural Settlement Jur:Ledmozerskoye Rural Settlement
Mun Admctr Of Ref:[1]
Postal Codes:186970

Ledmozero (Russian: Ледмозеро; Karelian: Liedmajärvi; Finnish: Lietmajärvi) is a settlement in the northern part of Muyezersky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located 7km (04miles) south-east of Lake Ledmozero. Population:

In 1905, the population of the settlement consisted of six peasant families comprising 12 males and 18 females.[2]

The settlement is connected to Kochkoma by the Ledmozero–Kochkoma Railway,[3] a part of the Oktyabrskaya Railway system.[4]

History

According to the master plan, a settlement was supposed to be built near the railway. This area was previously called Gorely Bor due to the fact that the forest here was destroyed by fire. Construction began in May 1963. The first residential buildings were 4-apartment. In 1964, 8-apartment buildings were built. In the autumn of 1964, a forestry station was opened in the village. Over time, more comfortable houses appeared in the village, two five-storey buildings were built.[5]

Ledmozero had a status of urban-type settlement until 1991, when it was demoted to a rural locality.

Notes and References

  1. Law #871-ZRK
  2. Издание Олонецкого губернского статистического комитета. "Список населённых мест Олонецкой губернии по сведениям за 1905 год". Петрозаводск, 1907. Стр. 284–285.
  3. Web site: http://www.gov.karelia.ru/gov/News/2001/1229_08.html. ru:Открытие железной дороги "Ледмозеро-Кочкома". Igor Stepanov. Republic of Karelia. Russian. 29 December 2001. 2009-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719182903/http://www.gov.karelia.ru/gov/News/2001/1229_08.html. 19 July 2011. dead.
  4. Совет по железнодорожному транспорту государств — участников Содружества. Тарифное руководство №4. Книга 2. Часть 1. "Алфавитный список железнодорожных станций".
  5. Web site: Ледмозеро . https://web.archive.org/web/20101106202401/http://www.muezersky.ru/area/istoriya_poselenii/ledmozero.html . 2010-11-06 . muezersky.ru . ru.