Povenets

Povenets (Russian: Повене́ц; ; Finnish: Poventsa) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Onega, north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,209. History Povenets is located 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 …