Kolatselga
Selo in Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Kolatselga (Russian: Колатсельга, Karelian: Kolatselgy; Finnish: Kolatselkä) is a village within the Vedlozero rural settlement of Pryazhinsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
Kolatselga
Колатсельга Kolatselgy (Karelian) | |
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Kollasjoki | |
 Interactive map of Kolatselga | |
  Kolatselga Location of Kolatselga  Kolatselga Kolatselga (Karelia) | |
| Coordinates: 61°40′N 32°13′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia |
| Administrative district | Pryazhinsky District[1] |
| Population | |
• Total | 114 |
• Estimate (2013) | 99 (−13.2%) |
| • Municipal district | Pryazhinsky National District |
| • Rural settlement | Vedlozerskoye Rural Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (UTC+03:00  [3]) |
| Postal code[4] | 186148 |
| OKTMO ID | 86639405261 |
General information
Located on the shores of Lake Tulmozero. Located at the intersection of the Kollasjoki River with the P21 motorway.
Historical monuments
There are historical monuments in the village:
- The destroyed building of the Tulmozero iron smelter.[5]
- Two mass graves of Soviet soldiers and underground workers who died during the Soviet-Finnish (1939-1940) and the Great Patriotic War. 500 people are buried in the graves, the main part of those buried are soldiers of the 7th Army of the Karelian Front. Among those buried are Hero of the Soviet Union D. I. Rakus, underground intelligence officer Tatyana Afanasyevna Ananina (1918-1942), shot by the Finnish occupiers.[6][7]
Population
The population in 2013 was 99.