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Radogoshch, village


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RADOGOSCH, a village in Boksitogorsk District. Population: 320. Located in the basin of the Lid River. The Veps name of the village is Arskaht. R. has access to the Novaya Ladoga-Yaroslavl route via a motor road. Settlements on the “Radogosch-lake” were first mentioned in the late 15th c., although they probable emerged at the break of the 1st and 2nd millenniums A.D. Currently, R. is the southernmost Veps inhabited place. Today’s village is situated between two lakes, Pyalozero (Panshinskoye) and Ryabovo (Radionikhskoye.) In the 2nd half of the 20th c., the previously independent localities Panshino and Radionikha were incorporated in R. Most of the residential houses are wooden, of logs or square beams. In the 1980s, three panel blocks of flats and several social and cultural facility buildings were erected. The building of the former Zemstvo school has survived (early 20th c.) The village has a culture center and library. Since the late 1980s, the “Tree of Life” Veps holiday has been celebrated.
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Authors
Yegorov, Sergey Borisovich

Geography
Leningrad Oblast, the/Boksitogorsk District
Topographical landmarks/Lid River, the
Topographical landmarks/Pyalozero Lake
Topographical landmarks/Ryabovo Lake

Bibliography
Егоров С.Б. Санкт-Петербург и южные вепсы (конец XIX в. — 1930-е годы) // Этнография Петербурга–Ленинграда: Тридцать лет изучения. 1974–2004. СПб., 2004, С.312-313
Егоров С.Б. Феномен русско-вепсского пограничья // Финно-угры и соседи: проблемы этнокультурного взаимодействия в Балтийском и Баренцевом регионах. Сборник научных трудов. СПб., 2002., С.189-196

Subject Index
Radogoshch House of Culture
Radogoshch Rural Library, the
"The Tree of Life", a vepses festival