Lodeynoye Pole

It was founded in 1702{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=242}} on the spot of the village of Mokrishvitsa, where Peter the Great had established the Olonets Shipyard. In 1703, the first ship of the Baltic Fleet was built here—a 28-cannon frigate called Shtandart. In 1704, six more frigates, four shnyavas, four galleys, and twenty-four semi-galleys were constructed, which would form the first Russian squadron in the Baltic Sea. Over four hundred sailboats and rowboats were built throughout the shipyard's existence.

In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, Lodeynoye Pole was included into Ingermanland Governorate (known from 1710 as Saint Petersburg Governorate).{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} In 1727, it was transferred to the newly established Novgorod Governorate, and in 1776, it was further transferred into newly established Olonets Oblast.{{cite web|url=http://pravo.ru/arbitr_practice/courts/324/|script-title=ru:Лодейнопольский городской суд Ленинградской области|publisher=Право|language=Russian|access-date=March 6, 2014}} In 1781, Olonets Oblast was transferred to St. Petersburg Governorate, and in 1784, it was transformed into an independent administrative unit, Olonets Viceroyalty. In 1785, Lodeynoye Pole was granted an uyezd town status.

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In 1799, Olonets Viceroyalty was abolished and divided between Novgorod and Arkhangelsk Governorates.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Lodeynopolsky Uyezd was merged into Olonetsky Uyezd.{{cite web|url=http://www.nlr.ru/res/refer/r_imp/gub/novg.html|script-title=ru:Российская империя: административно-территориальное деление (1708–1917)|publisher=Russian National Library|language=Russian|access-date=7 March 2014}} In 1801, Olonets Governorate was established, and in 1802, Lodeynopolsky Uyezd was restored. In 1922, Olonets Governorate was abolished and Lodeynopolsky Uyezd was transferred to Petrograd Governorate (later Leningrad Oblast).{{cite web|url=http://classif.spb.ru/sprav/np_lo/9_Lodeynopol.htm|script-title=ru:Лодейнопольский Уезд|publisher=Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга|language=Russian|access-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228103824/http://classif.spb.ru/sprav/np_lo/9_Lodeynopol.htm|archive-date=December 28, 2013|url-status=dead}}

On August 1, 1927, the uyezds in Leningrad Oblast were abolished and Lodeynopolsky District, with the administrative center in Lodeynoye Pole, was established.{{cite web|url=http://classif.spb.ru/sprav/np_lo/76_Lodeynopolsky_rayon.htm|script-title=ru:Лодейнопольский район (с августа 1927)|publisher=Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга|language=Russian|access-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227221914/http://classif.spb.ru/sprav/np_lo/76_Lodeynopolsky_rayon.htm|archive-date=December 27, 2013|url-status=dead}} It was a part of Lodeynoye Pole Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. In 1931, the infamous Soviet concentration camp Svirlag was established, with the headquarters in the former Alexander-Svirsky Monastery, several kilometers from Lodeynoye Pole. Thousands of victims (to a great extent Russian Orthodox clergy) lost there their lives. During World War II, Lodeynoye Pole was at the frontline but was not occupied by Finnish troops which kept the areas north of the Svir.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lodeynoye Pole serves as the administrative center of Lodeynopolsky District.Oblast Law #32-oz As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated within Lodeynopolsky District as Lodeynopolskoye Settlement Municipal Formation. As a municipal division, Lodeynopolskoye Settlement Municipal Formation is incorporated within Lodeynopolsky Municipal District as Lodeynopolskoye Urban Settlement.Law #63-oz

There are timber and food industry enterprises.{{cite web|url=http://www.admlodia.ru/page4_4.php|script-title=ru:Экономика|publisher=Администрация Лодейнопольского муниципального района Ленинградской области|language=Russian|access-date=December 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006063321/http://www.admlodia.ru/page4_4.php|archive-date=October 6, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

The railway connecting St. Petersburg and Murmansk passes Lodeynoye Pole.

The M18 Highway, connecting St. Petersburg and Murmansk, passes Lodeynoye Pole as well. A paved road branches off east in Lodeynoye Pole and continues to Vytegra in Vologda Oblast via Podporozhye. There are also local roads.

The Volga–Baltic Waterway, connecting the basins of the Volga and the Neva Rivers, follows the Svir River. There is regular cruise and cargo traffic along the waterway.

The town was home to Lodeynoye Pole air base, which hosted an interceptor aircraft regiment during the Cold War.

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Lodeynoye Pole contains two cultural heritage monuments of federal significance and additionally seventeen objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance.{{RKN_base}} Most of these are the monuments commemorating the events of World War II. The Alexander-Svirsky Monastery, founded in the 15th century, is located in the village of Staraya Sloboda several kilometers northwest of Lodeynoye Pole.

The Lodeynoye Pole District Museum is located in the town and is the only state museum in the district.{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.ru/M252|script-title=ru:Лодейнопольский историко-краеведческий музей|publisher=Российская сеть культурного наследия|language=Russian|access-date=December 7, 2012}}

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia}}

Lodeynoye Pole is twinned with:

• {{Flagicon|Norway}} Gildeskål, Norway

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