Tervenichi, village

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TERVENICHI, a village in Lodeynoye Pole District. Population: 409. Located on the western shore of Lake Pogostskoye. The Veps name for the village is Terl (from the Old Veps name Terv; the current Veps “terv” = tar.) The village has access to the Tikhvin-Lodeynoye Pole route via a motor road, and is connected to localities in the south-east of the District. T. was first mentioned as a pogost, i.e. adm., trade, and later religious center of the neighborhood, in 1137 in the Statute of Prince Svyatoslav Olgovich of Novgorod. Written information of the early 1580s mentions two churches at Mikhailovsky Tervenichsky Pogost. On June 1, 1991 the Tervenichi convent of the Protection of the Virgin was founded in T. The stone church of Assumption of Our Lady (1861) has been restored, and two stone chapels, a refectory with its church, and accommodation and service premises have been erected. T. has a clubhouse, library, and local museum of Veps culture.
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S. B. Yegorov Yegorov, Sergey Borisovich
Svyatoslav Olgovich
Leningrad Oblast, the/Lodeynoye Pole District
Leningrad Oblast, the/Lodeynoye Pole District/Lodeynoye Pole Town
Historical Toponyms/Mikhailovsky Tervenichsky Pogost
Topographical landmarks/Pogostskoye Lake
Деревня Тервеничи. 860 лет: Буклет. Лодейное Поле, 1998
Покрово-Тервенический женский монастырь. СПб., 1996
Покрово-Тервенический монастырь Санкт-Петербургской епархии: Буклет /Сост. П. Васильев.- Лодейное Поле ОАО «Лодтип», 2001.-[6] с.
Тервеничи. URL: http://www.towns.ru/other/tervenichi.html
Museum of the Veps Culture, the
Tervenichi Convent of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary
Tervenichi Rural Library, the
The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Tervenichi Village, Lodeinoye Pole Village)