Belomorsk
| city, district center
Russia /
Karelija /
Belomorsk /
World
/ Russia
/ Karelija
/ Belomorsk
, 1 km from center (Беломорск)
World / Russia / Karelia
city, district center
Town and the administrative center of Belomorsky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Onega Bay on the shore of the White Sea. Population: 11,217 (2010 Census).
In the beginning it was a small village named Soroka (Соро́ка), or Sorotskaya (Сороцкая) in the official Russian Imperial statistics. On September 11, 1938, Soroka and several nearby localities were merged to form the town of Belomorsk. In 1941-1944, during World War II, it served as the temporary capital of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic.
In the beginning it was a small village named Soroka (Соро́ка), or Sorotskaya (Сороцкая) in the official Russian Imperial statistics. On September 11, 1938, Soroka and several nearby localities were merged to form the town of Belomorsk. In 1941-1944, during World War II, it served as the temporary capital of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belomorsk
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 64°31'35"N 34°46'36"E
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- Petrozavodsk 294 km
- Saint Petersburg 550 km
- Alavus centre 591 km
- Tampere 637 km
- Kangasala 638 km
- Ylöjärvi 649 km
- Sastamala 694 km
- Espoo (City) 702 km
- Nizhny Novgorod 1020 km
- Fish processing factory 0.4 km
- Первомайская ул., 6 0.7 km
- ул. Пашкова, 9 1 km
- ул. Пашкова, 5 1 km
- ул. Пашкова, 1 1.1 km
- Water tower 1.2 km
- Belomorsk railway station 2.6 km