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Urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Onega, 231 kilometers (144 mi) north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,209.
Povenets is located 19 kilometers (12 mi) from Sandarmokh, the site of mass execution by shooting and burial of victims of the Soviet political repressions. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Povenets in 1938. Povenets marked the furthest advance by Finnish troops during the World War II Continuation war 1941-44. The town was occupied by Finnish troops on 6 December 1941. Soviet forces retook the town in July 1944.
Povenets is located 19 kilometers (12 mi) from Sandarmokh, the site of mass execution by shooting and burial of victims of the Soviet political repressions. Urban-type settlement status was granted to Povenets in 1938. Povenets marked the furthest advance by Finnish troops during the World War II Continuation war 1941-44. The town was occupied by Finnish troops on 6 December 1941. Soviet forces retook the town in July 1944.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Povenets
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Coordinates: 62°51'45"N 34°50'8"E
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- Yemtsa 278 km
- Obozersky 281 km
- Puksoozero 294 km
- Bereznik 397 km
- Kamenka 559 km
- Boarding school No. 18 1.4 km
- Raduga Kindergarten 1.4 km
- Store 1.5 km
- ulitsa Patamonova, 8 1.5 km
- ulitsa Patamonova, 13 1.6 km
- Povenets secondary school 1.7 km