ru
Rubricator / Ethnic culture
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Karelian People Culture Centre, the
reference


Karelians
Karelians (their own native name is kar'yalaizet) is an ethnic community. Among Karelians there are some ethnic local groups which can be stood out. The Karelian language is related to the Baltic-Finnic subgroup of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Ural... more


Karelians- livviks
reference


"Karlsky Peresheyek" ("The Karelian Isthmus"), a national park
Karlsky Peresheyek ("The Karelian Isthmus") is a national park. It is located in the territory of the Vsevolozhsk, Vyborg and Priozersk districts of the Leningrad Oblast. It occupies the area of 25 thousand hectares. It was founded with the decision... more


"Kodima" ("Rodnata Zemlya" ("Native Land")), a newspaper
reference


"Korela", a museum-fortress
"Korela", a museum-fortress (Priozersk Town, 3 Leningrad Road). The first local history exhibition was founded in 1894 in the Round (Pugachev's) Tower of the Keksholm citadel acoording the initiative of the Finnish archaeologist and ethnographer... more


Korela, fortress, the
The Korela fortress (the town of Priozersk located on the bank of the River Vuoksa). The historic names: Kyakisalmi ("The Cuckoo Strait"; the Karelian name), Karelian Town (the Novgorod name), Korela (the Moscow name), Keksgolm (the Swedish name).... more


Kurgans (barrows) of the southern Ladoga Lake region.
Kurgans (barrows, burial mounds) of the southern Ladoga Lake region (the late 9th - early 13th centuries) pertain to so-called the Lake Ladoga region Chuds whose descendants took part in forming Vepses and Karels. They were likely to be "kolbyagi",... more


Kyoppen, Pyotr Ivanovich (1793-1864), a scholar
Pyotr Ivanovich Kyoppen (Köppen) (1793-1864) was a statistician, historian. He was a corresponding member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Science (1826), a junior scientific assistant (1837), an academician (extraordinary - 1839, ordinary -... more


Larin, Paraske (1883/34-1904), a narrator of runes
Paraske Larin or Praskovia Nikitichna (Larina-Stepanova, née Nikitina) (1833/34, the Saint Petersburg Gubernia - 1904, Vaskela Village of the Vyborg Gubernia) was an Izhorian singer of runes and narrator. She was born in Miskyulya Village (it's the... more


Latvians
Latviens (their own native name is Latvieshs) is an ethnic community forming a part of the population of the Leningrad Oblast. The Latvian language is related to the Baltic group of the Indo-European language family. The religious are Lutherans and... more


Losevo, settlement
LOSEVO (Finnish Kiviniemi before 1948), a settlement in Priozersk District. Located in the area known as Kiviniemi (“stone promontory”, Russian version: Kamenka) on the left (northern) bank of the arm connecting the Vuoksa River with Lake... more


Lutsk colony (Immigrant settlement)
reference


Maps and plans
MAPS AND PLANS. The oldest M.a .P. of the Leningrad Oblast area are dated 16th century. The Neva Land and the Karelian Isthmus with the towns of Noteborg (Schlusselburg) and Kexholm (Priozersk), although with many distortions, are presented in... more


Melnikovo, settlement
MELNIKOVO (Finnish Räisälä before 1948), a settlement in Priozersk District. Population: 2100. Located on the banks of the northern branch of the Vuoksa River. In 1948, the settlement was renamed first Otradnoye, and then Melnikovo, in memory of... more


"Mir" ("The Peace"), a Jewish Family Club (Boksitogorsk town)
reference


"Nadezhda" ("The Hope") ("Atikva"), a Jewish Culture Society (Kirishi town)
reference


National and Culture Centre of Veps, the
reference


Novosaratovka, a settlement of Germen-colonists
Novosaratovskaya colony (the present village of Novosaratovka of Vsevolozhsk District) is a settlement of Germans - colonists on the right bank of the Neva River. It was founded by immigrants from Württemberg and Brandenburg in 1765. In the 18th... more


Obonezhye
OBONEZHYE, historic and cultural region in the north-west of the European Russia. It included lands around Lake Onega. A part of the state of Novgorod: written sources from the 12th century mention the Obonezhskaya Hundred as an adm. and territorial... more


Olonets Gubernia, the
OLONETS GUBERNIA, adm. and territorial unit in the North-West of Russia in the late 18th – early 20th century. Olonets Province (Oblast) was established in1773, with Olonets as its center. In 1776, the province was added to the new-established... more


Oyatskaya ceramics
OYAT POTTERY. Pottery existed in Russian and Veps villages on the Oyat River (modern Lodeynoye Pole District) from time immemorial. It was due to deposits of high quality red clay. Pottery was especially developed in the XVIII c. Oyat potters... more


Ozeretskovsky, Nikolay Yakovlevich (1750-1827), a scientist
Hikolay Yakovlevich Ozeretskovsky (1750-1827) was a naturalist and traveller. He was an academician of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Science (1782) and the Russian Academy of Science (1783). He was born in the family of a priest. In 1767 he was... more


People who spend time at their dachas (holiday cottage in the country).
Holiday visitors (people who spend time at their dachas, holiday cottage in the country) are seasonal population of settlements and horticultural association . The first dachas (summer country dwellings) appeared in the suburbs of S.Petersburg in... more


Population
Population. According to the census of 2002 in the Leningrad Oblast there were 1669,205 thousand people; according to the estimate made on 1 July 2005 there were 1647,6 thousand people including the town dwellers numbering 1093,9 thousand people... more


Porkhov colony (Immigrant settlement)
reference


Priozersk, town
PRIOZERSK (Korela; Kexholm until 1948; Finnish Käkisalmi,) town, adm. center of Priozersk District. Population: 19,300. From 1310, the center of Russian possessions in Karelia. It belonged to Sweden in 1580-95 and in 1611-1710. It became territory... more


Putro, Mooses (1848-1917), a musician
Mooses Putro (Moisei Matveyevich) (1848, Kyullisi Village of Tsarskoye Selo Uyezd of the Saint Petersburg Gubernia - 1919) was a composer, musician, educator. He was born in a peasant family. In 1866 he finished Kolpany teachers and kusters'... more


Resettlements of the 1945 - 1950s
Resettlements of the 1945 - 1950s were migrations which were caused by political (eviction of some categories of citizens who were considered as unreliable, including the activities for cleaning up the frontier) and economical (the necessity of... more


Russians
Russians are an ethnic community, the main population of the Russian Federation. Among Russians there are some ethnic groups and ethnographic groups can be marked (e.g. Cossacks and Pomors (coast-dwellers (inhabitants of White Sea and Barents Sea... more

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16