Lodeynoye Polye, Russia

 

Transportation

 

Description of Lodeynoye Polye

Lodeynoye Pole is located in the east of the Leningrad region near the border with Karelia. It is the administrative center of Lodeynopolsky district located on the left bank of the river Svir.

 

Sights

Monument to Peter I
Park-memorial "Svir Victory"
Museum of History and Local Lore
Holy Trinity Alexander-Svirsky Monastery, 21 km from the city
Monument in honor of the 300th anniversary of the city, on the banks of the Svir River, along Gagarin Street
Square Shipbuilders
Avenue of Heroes
Monument in honor of the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica
Old cemetery of Olonets shipyard

 

History

Once on the site of the present city there were several settlements of the ancient Pirka churchyard of the Zaonezhsky churchyards (Meshkovichi, Mokrishvitsy and others) of the Olonets district, whose inhabitants have long been engaged in shipbuilding. The city is located on two unevenly high plains of the river floodplain and is divided by the railway into two parts, one of which is called the Manin field (by the name of the merchant Manin, who owned land in this area and grew potatoes on it for the production of alcohol), the second, closest to the Svir River , was called the Lodeynoye Pole (boats were built there), she gave the name to the whole city.

Local high-quality pine forests attracted the attention of Peter I. The construction of a shipyard on the Svir River began in 1702 by decree of Peter I under the leadership of Prince AD Menshikov. It received the name Olonetskaya (after the name of the Olonets district). It was built quickly due to the need for naval vessels for the combat purposes of the Northern War. On August 22, 1703, the first-born of the Baltic Fleet, the 28-gun frigate Shtandart, 4 sailboats, 1 flutes, 2 shmaks, 2 galliots, left the stocks of the shipyard.

By decree of Catherine II of May 16 (27), 1785, the settlement that had developed around the Admiralty on the Svir was granted the status of a city and the administrative center of the Lodeynopol district as part of the Olonets vicegerency. The city was named Lodeynoye Pole. By a decree of July 26 (August 6), 1785, Catherine II “Most Highly deigned to confirm” the plan of the new city, and on October 4 (15), 1788, its coat of arms was approved:
In the blue field there is a equipped ship and on the middle mast the Imperial standard, as a sign that the ships built by the Olonchans at the shipyard located in this city were the first to enter the Baltic Sea under the Imperial flag.

By a personal decree of December 12, 1796, a new grid of the provincial division of the Russian Empire was introduced, in which the Olonets vicegerency was abolished and, according to the report of the Senate, approved by Paul I on July 15 (26), 1799, from the Olonets viceroy, Lodeynopolsky district was transferred to the Novgorod province . In the same 1799, the Lodeynopolsky district was abolished, but by the Senate decree of October 10 (22), 1802, the Lodeynopolsky district was restored as part of the Olonets province.

The Olonets shipyard on the Svir operated until 1829. The ships built here distinguished themselves in the battles waged by the Russian Empire during the Northern War, and became famous in round-the-world sea expeditions. On the sloop "Diana" V. M. Golovnin made his famous circumnavigation, and the sloop "Mirny" under the command of M. P. Lazarev participated in the discovery of Antarctica.

Already two years after the closure of the shipyard in 1832, a stele was installed on the site of the house where Peter I lived during construction work. In 1843, the Church of Peter and Paul was consecrated, built in the style of late classicism.

After the closure of the shipyard, Lodeynoye Pole became a small town, performing mainly administrative functions. Due to the small size of Lodeynoye Pole, the city regulation of 1870 was introduced here only in a simplified form: instead of the city duma, an assembly of representatives was elected, instead of the mayor there was a city headman.

As of 1907, there were 225 residential buildings in the city, including only 3 stone ones. In addition, there were 3 churches (1 stone and 2 wooden) and 6 chapels. On the eve of the First World War, a county zemstvo hospital worked in Lodeynoye Pole (at the hospital - 1 doctor, 1 paramedic and 1 midwife), 2 local zemstvo doctors, a district paramedic and a midwife, as well as a county veterinarian and a veterinary assistant. Of the educational institutions, there was a higher primary school and two one-class parish schools - one for men and one for women. A steamboat wharf and a post-telegraph office of the 5th class were in operation. In 1917, the Olonets railway went into operation, which passed through Lodeynoye Pole.

By a decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of September 18, 1922, the Lodeynopol district was transferred to the Petrograd province. On August 1, 1927, Lodeynoye Pole became the administrative center of the Lodeynopolsky district of the Leningrad region. Until 1930, the city was also the center of the Lodeynopol district.

In the 1930s, the Directorate of the Svirlag forced labor camp system was located in Lodeynoye Pole, in which there were about 3 thousand prisoners. During the Great Terror of 1937-1938, according to available data,[8] 244 residents of the city were shot, many of whom worked in railway transport.

During the Great Patriotic War, the city for almost three years (1005 days) was at the forefront of defense, protecting the "Road of Life" and the approaches to Leningrad. In early September 1941, the advancing troops of the Finnish Karelian Army reached the line of the Svir River, where the front line stabilized. In June 1944, the troops of the Karelian Front during the Svir-Petrozavodsk operation, after powerful artillery preparation, crossed the river below Lodeynoye Pole, and occupied the front line of defense of the Finns. As a result of hostilities, the church of Peter and Paul was badly damaged; in the 1960s, its ruins were dismantled.

According to the administrative data of 1973, the central estate of the Lodeynopolsky state farm was located in the city.

 

Geography

The city is located in the north-eastern part of the Leningrad region on the highway P21 (E 105) "Kola" (St. Petersburg - Petrozavodsk - Murmansk).

The distance between the cities of St. Petersburg and Lodeynoye Pole by road is 246 km.

The city is located on the left bank of the Svir River. Two small tributaries of the Svir flow within the city: the Kanomka River (in the western part of the city) and the Ludanka River (in the eastern part).

 


Transportation

How to get there

By train
Lodeynoye Pole is a station on the Volkhov-Petrozavodsk branch line.

From Moscow, from the Leningradsky railway station by train to Petrozavodsk or Murmansk.

From St. Petersburg from Ladozhsky railway station by direct train. He takes off once a day, from St. Petersburg in the evening, back - early in the morning, travel time is less than five hours. “Lastochka” express trains from Ladozhsky railway station (in the morning, around half past seven in the morning, and in the evening around 18 hours, 2.6-3.2 hours). Or on trains following in Murmansk or Petrozavodsk.

By car
On the highway M18 "Cola" from Petrozavodsk or Novaya Ladoga. The route passes along a new ring road, while moving from the south side, a congress to the city is possible at the beginning of the roundabout and at the end before Svirya.

By bus
There is a bus station in the Lodeynoye Pole, helpline number (81364) 2-23-50. The bus service is carried out with settlements of the district. Direct or transit bus routes can be reached from the cities of St. Petersburg, Vytegra, Tikhvin, Podporozhye, Petrozavodsk, Voznesenye and Pitkäranta.

From Vytegra by bus to Lodeynoye Pole, it departs once a day, the journey takes about 4 hours.

On the ship
The city is located on the Svir River, but there is no organized water transport connection to the city.

 

Social sphere

Education

There are 4 secondary schools in Lodeynoye Pole: No. 1, 2, 3. The branch of secondary school No. 3 is an evening (shift) school. There are also 1 primary and 1 elementary school. The system of preschool education is represented by 5 kindergartens. In addition, there are the Lodeynopil Center for Diagnostics and Counseling (an institution for children in need of psychological, pedagogical and medical and social assistance) and the Information Technology Center (MOU of additional education for children). GBOU SPO LO "Lodeynopil College of Industrial Technologies".

A television
On December 6, 2011, simultaneously in Podporozhye and Lodeynoye Pole, its own TV channel "SvirInfo" was opened. It has an information and entertainment focus and is broadcast over Svir-Telecom's cable networks not only in cities, but also in populated areas of the districts - in Podporozhye, the broadcast takes place in the villages of Vazhy and Nikolsky.

 

Healthcare

The Lodeynopil Central District Hospital operates in the city with 12 departments for 138 beds. The CRH includes a district polyclinic. Also in the city there is a departmental linear polyclinic of the Volkhovstroy branch of the Oktyabrskaya railway.

 

Culture

The following cultural institutions operate:

Drama theater "April"
Mobile cultural center
Memorial Park "Svirskaya Victory"
Chamber Ensemble "Classics"
Lodeynopil House of Folk Art
Lodeynopil Children's Center for Aesthetic Development
Lodeynopil Children's Art School
Museum of History and Local Lore (Lodeynopol branch of LOGUK "Museum Agency")
People's Comedy Theatre.
Club "All Roads"

There are 5 libraries in the city:
City No. 1
City No. 2
Technical library of Lodeynoye Pole station
Lodeynopol inter-settlement library (founded in 1905)
Central Children's Library