Kestenga
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Rural village in the Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in Russia on the northern shore of Lake Topozero. It is the administrative centre of the Kestenga rural settlement. There is a railway station on the Loukhi-Pyaozersky line. As of the 2013 Census, its population was 1,117. The village was at the center of the Battle of Kestenga in 1941 between the Finnish and Soviet Army during the Continuation War.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kestenga
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Coordinates: 65°53'35"N 31°49'41"E
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- Vuokkiniemi, Voknavolok 120 km
- Oulanka 127 km
- Taivalkoski centre 169 km
- Posio centre 169 km
- Suomussalmi kk. 171 km
- Ämmänsaari 178 km
- Ledmozero 181 km
- Hyrynsalmi centre, Finland 206 km
- Ristijärvi, centre, Finland 230 km
- Nergas Island 12 km
- Lake Bol'shoye Lagiyarvi 16 km
- Lake Maloye Lagiyarvi 18 km
- Erasimshuaret Islands 23 km
- Zhiloj Island 23 km
- Yugodnyj Island 25 km
- Loparikhen-Shuaret Islands 26 km
- Taraskin Island 28 km
- Kouzhashari Island 29 km
- Tuoppajärvi 32 km