Povenets

Povenets is an urban locality in of the , , located on the shore of , 231 kilometers north of , the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,209.
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  • Type: Village with 1,950 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
  • Also known as: “Powonez”
  • Address: Медвежьегорский муниципальный округ

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandarmokh.

Locality
Photo: Visem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a forest massif 12 km from in the where an unknown number, estimated in the thousands, of victims of Stalin's Great Terror were executed. is situated 8 km northwest of Povenets.

Povenets

Latitude
62.84872° or 62° 50′ 55″ north
Longitude
34.821° or 34° 49′ 16″ east
Population
1,950
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
9GJPRRXC+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 312343400
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
505820
Wiki­data ID
Q2638275
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Waray—“Povenets” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պովենեց (քաղաքատիպ ավան, Մեդվեժեգորսկի շրջան)”
  • Armenian: “Պովենեց”
  • Belarusian: “Павянец”
  • Cebuano: “Povenets”
  • Chechen: “Повенец”
  • Chinese: “波维涅茨”
  • Chinese: “波韦涅茨”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Povenets”
  • Czech: “Poveněc”
  • Finnish: “Povenets”
  • Finnish: “Poventsa”
  • French: “Povenets”
  • German: “Powenez”
  • Italian: “Povenec”
  • Latin: “Povensa”
  • Livvi: “Poventsa”
  • Northern Frisian: “Powenets”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Povenets”
  • Norwegian: “Povenets”
  • Polish: “Powieniec”
  • Portuguese: “Poventsa”
  • Russian: “Повенец”
  • Russian: “Повенецкая пристань”
  • Russian: “Повенецкий Рядок”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پوونتس، روسیه”
  • Spanish: “Povenets”
  • Swedish: “Poventsa”
  • Ukrainian: “Повенець”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Povenets”

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