Vedlozero

Vedlozero is an old Karelian village in Russia, the administrative center of the Vedlozerskoye rural settlement of the Pryazhinsky District of the Republic of Karelia.

General information

Vedlozero is located on the northeastern shore of Lake Vedlozero, at the confluence of the Vohta River, 50 km from the regional center.
The village contains a pedigree farm, a forestry, a secondary school, a kindergarten, a feldsher point, a cultural center, and a library.
The Karelian Vieljärvi choir organized in 1938 by I. Levkin is still operating.
In 2013, the Karelian Language House was established in the village.

The village is first mentioned in a document from the 16th century. The Vedlozero pogost was part of the Obonezhskaya Pyatina of the Novgorod Feudal Republic.

The population in 1989 was 1,445.