Porosozero

Coordinates: 62°58′37″N 32°19′00″E / 62.97694°N 32.31667°E / 62.97694; 32.31667
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Porosozero
Поросозеро
Settlement
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Postal code(s)[2]
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Reboly (Repola) and Porosozero (Porajärvi) in 1920. The border between Finland and Soviet Union after 1940 is also shown.

Porosozero (

1989 Census).[5]

Before 1920 it was a

forest industry
.

History

The municipality of Porosozero was established in 1873.

After

Reboly, and instead received Petsamo
in the far north, which had been annexed by Finland in 1918.

Porosozero after it was burned by retreating Finnish soldiers in July 1944.

The inhabitants of Porosozero, however, did not give up, and in 1921 they started a rebellion against the

Metsäsissit (literally Forest Guerillas) recruited volunteers from Finland and managed to capture large parts of East Karelia
. The Bolsheviks fought back, and in 1922 the last guerillas withdrew to Finland.

During the negotiations preceding the Winter War, Joseph Stalin offered Reboly and Porosozero in exchange for a smaller area on the Karelian Isthmus. The offer was rejected.[6]

Reboly was occupied in 1941–1944 by the Finnish 14th Division during the Continuation War, until it was recaptured by Soviet forces.

References

  1. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  3. ^ "Murdehet | Karjalan Sivistysseura" (in Karelian). Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  4. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  5. ^ 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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.