Ledmozero
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Coordinates: 64°15′20″N 32°01′40″E / 64.25556°N 32.02778°E
Ledmozero (Russian: Ледмозеро; Finnish: Lietmajärvi) is a settlement in the northern part of Muyezersky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) south-east of Lake Ledmozero. Population: 2,923 (1989 Census).[1]
In 1905, the population of the settlement consisted of six peasant families comprising 12 males and 18 females.[2]
The settlement is connected to Kochkoma by the Ledmozero–Kochkoma Railway,[3] a part of the Oktyabrskaya Railway system.[4]
Ledmozero had a status of urban-type settlement until 1991, when it was demoted to a rural locality.
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- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ Издание Олонецкого губернского статистического комитета. "Список населённых мест Олонецкой губернии по сведениям за 1905 год". Петрозаводск, 1907. Стр. 284–285.
- ^ Igor Stepanov (29 December 2001). "Открытие железной дороги "Ледмозеро-Кочкома"" (in Russian). Republic of Karelia. http://www.gov.karelia.ru/gov/News/2001/1229_08.html. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ^ Совет по железнодорожному транспорту государств — участников Содружества. Тарифное руководство №4. Книга 2. Часть 1. "Алфавитный список железнодорожных станций".
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