Shyoltozero
Sign in to saveShyoltozero (; ; ; ) is a rural locality (a selo) in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located close to the shore of Lake Onega, south of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. Shyoltozero is the cultural center of the north Veps people, and during 1994–2004 it was the territorial center of Veps National Volost.
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Place details
- Locality
- Шёлтозеро
- Region
- Карелия
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 1,012
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Shyoltozero
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Шёлтозеро
- Russian inhabited locality.other_name
- Šoutjärv’
- Russian inhabited locality.other_lang
- Veps
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Shyoltozero road sign.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- A sign on the P–19 Highway at the entrance to Shyoltozero, with the name in Russian and in Veps
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Karelia
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Prionezhsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Rural locality
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
- Selo
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Key dates
- Inception
- 1453
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative divisions of Russia
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Population
- +857
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Shyoltozero Pochtovaya28 002 8059.jpg
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Shyoltozero (; ; ; ) is a rural locality (a selo) in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located close to the shore of Lake Onega, south of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. Shyoltozero is the cultural center of the north Veps people, and during 1994–2004 it was the territorial center of Veps National Volost.
==Etymology== In the place name Šoutjärv’ one can see the sound change *l > u, which has occurred in Veps throughout (cf. Finn. kolme ~ Veps koum ‘three’). When considered together with the testimony of old Russian maps, it is clear that the earlier Veps name has been *Šoltjärvi. Thus this place name has nothing to do with the Finnish word soutaa (‘to row’), and the frequently used Finnish form Soutjärvi is based on an incorrect etymology.