Veps National Volost

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The Veps National Volost within the Republic of Karelia

Veps National Volost (Russian: Ве́псская национа́льная во́лость, Vepsskaya natsionalnaya volost; Veps: Vepsän rahvahaline volost’) was a municipal autonomy (a volost) of North Vepses in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia during 1996-2004. Its center was the village of Shyoltozero.

History

The autonomy was declared as a self-governing territory on January 20, 1994, see ВЕПСЫ..., p. 207[1] and, after resolving various territorial and administrative controversies,[2] it was established as an administrative unit on December 2, 1996.[3] Its territorial and administrative centre was the village (selo) of Shyoltozero. At the moment of formation it comprized of 14 settlements.[4] (One of them, Залесье, Vepsian: Mecantaga, had population of 1[5] and soon was disestablished).

By January 1, 1998, its population was 3,552, with 1,559 being Vepses.[6] By the 2002 Census the volost's population was 3,166, with Veps population of 1,202.[7] The volost extended over the same territory as the Shyoltozero District from the 1930s to the 1950s.

The volost was formed from three national selsoviets: (Shyoltozero, Shoksha [ru], and Rybreka [ru]) comprising thirteen villages (earlier established, by formal renaming from "selsoviet" to "national selsoviet", in 1992-1993).[2]

It was disestablished on December 1, 2004.[8] After its disestablishment, within the territory three rural municipalities were established: ru:Шокшинское вепсское сельское поселение, ru:Шелтозерское вепсское сельское поселение, and ru:Рыборецкое вепсское сельское поселение subordinated back to Prionezhsky District.[2]

In 2005 there was a sizzled attempt to restore the volost within the framework of the planned 2006 administrative reform in Russia.[2]

References

1. Постановление Верховного Совета Республики Карелия «Об образовании Вепсской национальной волости», , see ВЕПСЫ..., p. 207
2. ВЕПСЫ: МОДЕЛИ ЭТНИЧЕСКОЙ МОБИЛИЗАЦИИ. Сборник материалов и документов, Petrozavodsk, 2007, ISBN 978-5-9274-0306-6
3. Постановление Председателя Правительства Республики Карелия от 2 декабря 1996 года № 985 «Об образовании административной единицы Вепсской национальной волости», see ВЕПСЫ..., p. 233
4. ВЕПСЫ..., p. 234
5. ВЕПСЫ..., p. 234
6. ВЕПСЫ..., p. 234
7. http://www.gov.karelia.ru/Regions/Veps/vepnac.html#1(in Russian)
8. Закон Республики Карелия от 1 декабря 2004 года № 825-ЗРК «О муниципальных районах в Республике Карелия»