hidden Alyokhovshchina, village ALYOKHOVSCHINA, a village in Lodeynoye Pole District. Population: 1882. It is situated on the banks of the Oyat River. It is situated at the crossing of motor roads to Lodeynoye Pole, Tikhvin, Domozhirovo, and Yaroslavichi. The name originates from... more

hidden Bogdanov, Nikolay Ivanovich (1904-1959), a scholar Nikolay Ivanovich Bogdanov (1904-1959) was a linguist, one of the makers of the Veps(ian) language and written language. He graduated from the philological faculty of the Leningrad University (1938), he was a student of professor D.V.Bubrich. In... more

hidden Lodeynoye Pole District LODEYNOYE POLE DISTRICT, a part of Leningrad Oblast located east of Lake Ladoga in the Svir River basin. In the north-west and north, it borders Olonets District of the Republic of Karelia; in the north-east and east, Podporozhye District; in the... more

hidden Oyat River, the OYAT, river, left-hand tributary of the Svir River. Length: 266 km. The average flow rate in the mouth is 54.8 cu. m/s, catchment area: 5220 sq. km. Its source is Lake Chaimozero on the Veps Hills (in Vologda Oblast, 7 km away from the Leningrad... more

hidden The Church of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Domozhirovo Village, Lodeinoye Pole District) The Church of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Domozhirovo Village, the Lodeinoye Pole District). The original wooden church was built before 1580 in the village of Oyatskoye (now it is the village of Domozhirovo), during 1614-1618 it... more