Besovets (Russian: Бесовец; Karelian: Besouččua, Besoučču; Finnish: Pesoutsa) is a rural locality (a village) in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is a part of the Shuyskoye Rural Settlement of Prionezhsky Municipal District.
Besovets
Бесовец | |
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 One of the streets in Besovets (Karelia) | |
Location of Besovets  | |
  Besovets Location of Besovets  Besovets Besovets (Karelia) | |
| Coordinates: 61°51′N 34°9′E / 61.850°N 34.150°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia |
| Administrative district | Prionezhsky District[1] |
| • Municipal district | Prionezhsky Municipal District |
| • Rural settlement | Shuyskoye Rural Settlement[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (UTC+03:00  [3]) |
| Postal code(s)[4] | 186100 |
| OKTMO ID | 86636470141 |
It is located in the vicinity of the capital of Karelia, Petrozavodsk, on the Shuya River. The Petrozavodsk–Suoyarvi highway passes through the village.
Petrozavodsk airport is located in close proximity to the village.
History
editThe village was founded in the 16th century.[5]
On June 20, 2011, RusAir Flight 9605 crashed near Besovets while on approach to Petrozavodsk Airport, killing forty-five and injuring seven people.[6]
Population
editIn 2009 the village had a population of 120 people.[7]
Gallery
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Besovets -
Petrozavodsk airport -
RusAir 9605 monument
References
edit- ^ a b c Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 86236000051», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 86236000051, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
- ^ Law #871-ZRK
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ^ "Мамонтова Н. Н. Следы древних верований и религиозных представлений в топонимике Карелии // Материалы 3-й региональной научной конференции, посвященной 780-летию крещения карелов (16-17 октября 2007 года, г. Петрозаводск)". Refdb. October 16–17, 2007. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017.
- ^ "Crash: Rusair T134 at Petrozavodsk on Jun 20th 2011, impacted road short of runway". The Aviation Herald. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ^ "Рекомендуемая нормативная сеть и формы библиотечного обслуживания с указанием численности населения на 1 января 2009 года по данным Карелиястата" (PDF). Виртуальный методический кабинет. November 23, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 10, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2022.