Oshta

Oshta
Ошта
Selo
Oshta
Oshta
Coordinates: 60°51′N 35°33′E / 60.850°N 35.550°E / 60.850; 35.550[1]
CountryRussia
RegionVologda Oblast
DistrictVytegorsky District
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Oshta (Russian: О́шта; Veps: Šušt)[2] is a rural locality (a selo) in Megorskoye Rural Settlement, Vytegorsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,204 as of 2002.[3] There are 19 streets.[4]

Geography

Oshta is located 64 km southwest of Vytegra (the district's administrative centre) by road. Tarasino is the nearest rural locality.[5] Malgora, the highest point of the Vepsian Upland, rises to the east of Oshta.[6]

References

  1. ^ Село Ошта на карте
  2. ^ Strogalshchikova, Z. I. (2014). Вепсы. Очерки истории и культуры. Документирование языка (PDF) (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Издательский дом «Инкери». p. 13. ISBN 978-5-903562-46-6. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  3. ^ Данные переписи 2002 года: таблица 2С. М.: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, 2004.
  4. ^ Село Ошта на карте
  5. ^ Расстояние от Ошты до Вытегры
  6. ^ Google Earth