Pudozh

Pudosch (Russian Пудож, Puudoži Karelian, Finnish Puutoinen or Puudosi ) is a city in the Republic of Karelia (Russia) with 9698 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 115 kilometers east of the capital of Republic of Petrozavodsk on the right bank of the Wodla, about 30 kilometers above its confluence with Lake Onega.

Pudosch is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The village was founded in 1382 as a settlement Pudoga, later also Pudoshski pogost ( Pudoscher Cemetery) called. The name is derived from the Karelian word for river branch.

On May 16, 1785 Location became a town under its present name, and later as an administrative center of a circle of the government Olonets.

Towards the end of the 18th century originated in the area several glass works, towards the end of the 19th century sawmills. Since the 19th century, the gray and pink gray Granite from Kaschina Gora for lining the St. Petersburg and Moscow buildings are used.

In the city the POW camp consisted of 447 German prisoners of war of World War II.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Culture and sights

In the city center a number of residential buildings from the 19th century has survived. The city has a Historical and Folk Museum.

At the mouth of the Wodla in Lake Onega, about 800 Neolithic and Bronze Age rock carvings, called Onega petroglyphs discovered.

North of the city extends since 1991, the 468 915 -hectare Wodlosero National Park, which has the status of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2001. One of the visitors centers as well as the management of the Pudoscher sector of the park is located in the village of Kugnawolok Rajons Pudosch.

Economy

In Pudosch enterprises of the timber, woodworking and food industry are located.