Kovdozero, Murmansk Oblast
Kovdozero
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| Coordinates: 66°45′41″N 31°33′38″E / 66.7613°N 31.5606°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Kandalakshsky District[1] |
| Population | |
• Total | 121 |
• Estimate (2010) | 121 (0%) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [3]) |
| Postal code[4] | 184012 |
| Dialing code | +7 81533[5] |
| OKTMO ID | 47608407106 |
Kovdozero (Russian: Ковдозеро; until 1957 Konets-Kovdozero, Russian: Конец‑Ковдозеро)[a] is a rural locality (a Selo) in Kandalakshsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, 35 meters (115 ft) above sea level. As of the 2010 census, Kovdozero had a population of 121.[2]
Geography
Kovdozero is located on the western shore of lake Kovdozero (the Knyazhegubsky Reservoir).[7]
Municipally, Kovdozero belongs to the rural settlement of Zarechensk within the Kandalakshsky District and is located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of the municipal center.[8] The distance to the district center Kandalaksha is 102 kilometers (63 mi).[7]
History
Kovdozero has existed at least since the 19th century, at that time being a Karelian village.[9] In 1926, the village had a population of 164, of whom 117 were Karelians, 25 were Finns and 22 were Russians.[6]
The Kandalakshsky District, established in 1927,[10] was initially part of the Karelian ASSR until being transferred to the Murmansk Oblast at its establishment on 28 May 1938. Konets-Kovdozero was the center of a selsoviet until being merged into the Knyazhaya Guba selsoviet on 8 December 1941, as the former's population had been evacuated due to the ongoing World War II. The Konets-Kovdozero selsoviet was restored with the reestablishment of the Kandalakshsky District on 13 March 1951.[11]
After the Knyazhaya Guba hydroelectric station was finished in the 1950s, the area covered by the lake Kovdozero expanded to 60 square kilometers (23 sq mi) and the old village of Konets-Kovdozero was submerged.[12] On 26 April 1956, the oblast's regional executive committee rearranged the borders of some selsoviets in the district, with Konets-Kovdozero becoming the center of the Knyazhaya Guba selsoviet and the settlement of Severny becoming that of the Konets-Kovdozero selsoviet. This decision was overturned on 10 January 1957.[11] At the same time, the village was renamed to Kovdozero.[13]
Economy and services
As of 2009, services in Kovdozero included a post office, a library, a village hall, and a daycare center operating in a former school building. There are multiple seasonal homes (dachas) owned by people from Monchegorsk in the village.[8]
Notes
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d OKATO, Part 2. Code 47 408 807 001
- ^ a b Статистический сборник Численность, размещение и возрастно-половой состав населения Мурманской области. Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения. Том 1. 2012 / Федеральная служба государственной статистики, Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Мурманской области. Мурманск, 2012 — 75 с.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Russian Post. Эталонный справочник индексов объектов почтовой связи (in Russian)
- ^ Народная энциклопедия городов и регионов России «Мой Город» (in Russian)
- ^ a b Kehayov & Kuzmin 2022, p. 26.
- ^ a b "КОВДОЗЕРО село". «Кольский Север». Энциклопедический лексикон (in Russian). Доброхот. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ^ a b Lappo et al. 2009, pp. 21–22, 26.
- ^ Lappo et al. 2009, p. 9.
- ^ Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast 1996, p. 35.
- ^ a b Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast 1996, pp. 80–82.
- ^ Kehayov & Kuzmin 2022, p. 31.
- ^ Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast 1996, pp. 194–195.
Cited sources
- Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920-1993 гг.). Справочник [Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast] (in Russian). Murmansk: Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север". 1996. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- Kehayov, Petar; Kuzmin, Denis (18 November 2022). "The Karelian Dialect of Kolvitsa, Kola Peninsula". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia. ISSN 0355-0230. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- Lappo, A. D.; Sidorenko, N. M.; Shchukin, A. K.; Yevplova, I. B. (2009). "Разработка генерального плана, правил землепользования и застройки муниципального образования сельское поселение Зареченск Кандалакшского района Мурманской области" [Development of the site plan, rules of land use and building in the Zarechensk Rural Settlement in the Kandalakshsky District of the Murmansk Oblast]. mo-zarechensk.ru (in Russian). ООО НИИПГрадостроительства. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2025.