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{{Short description|Town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia}}
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'''Kondopoga''' ({{langx|ru|Ко́ндопога}}){{efn|{{langx|lud|Kompohd’}};<ref>{{Cite book|title=Республика Карелия : список официальных названий населённых пунктов на русском языке и местных названий на карельском, вепсском и финском языках|trans-title=Republic of Karelia: list of official settlement names in Russian and local names in Karelian, Veps and Finnish|page=15|type=digital version|author=Zakharova, E. V.|date=2020|publisher=Периодика|location=Petrozavodsk|isbn=978-5-88170-374-5|url=http://resources.krc.karelia.ru/illh/doc/knigi_stati/spisok_naselennykh_punktov.pdf|access-date=2025-07-31|language=ru}}</ref> {{langx|olo|Kondupohju}};<ref>{{Cite news|date=2025-05-27|title=Kondupohju: ozuttelu kerdou lyydinkarjalazis|trans-title=Kondopoga: an exhibition about the Ludic Karelians|url=https://omamedia.ru/news/kondupohju_ozuttelu_vezimelli_y_on_karjalazen_kyl_n_merki_kerdou_lyydinkarjalazis/|language=olo|work=Oma Mua|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527085025/https://omamedia.ru/news/kondupohju_ozuttelu_vezimelli_y_on_karjalazen_kyl_n_merki_kerdou_lyydinkarjalazis/|archive-date=2025-05-27|access-date=2025-07-31}}</ref> {{langx|fi|Kontupohja}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Venäjän federaation paikannimiä|trans-title=Place names of the Russian Federation|page=107|type=digital version|last1=Mikkonen|first1=Pirjo|last2=Kahla|first2=Martti|last3=Kempinen|first3=Ida|last4=Charnaya|first4=Anna|date=2006|publisher=Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus)|location=Helsinki|isbn=952-5446-18-2|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk11/venajan_federaation_paikannimia.pdf|access-date=2025-07-31|language=fi}}</ref>}} is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Kondopozhsky District]] of the [[Republic of Karelia]], [[Russia]], located by the northern tip of the [[Kondopoga Bay]] of [[Lake Onega]], near the mouth of the [[Suna River]] and [[Kivach Nature Reserve]], about {{convert|54|km|sp=us}} from [[Petrozavodsk]]. Population: {{ru-census|p1989=36,365|p2002=34,863|p2010=32,987}}

==History==
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The very first written reference to Kondopoga dates back to 1563.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=Kondopoga: History|url=https://www.kondopoga.ru/EN/|access-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref> It became important after rich marble deposits were discovered nearby in 1757 and the quarries were founded. Kondopoga became a logistics hub for marble shipping to [[Saint Petersburg|St.&nbsp;Petersburg]]. Later, iron ore deposits were found in the vicinity, which were shipped to metallurgical factories in [[Petrozavodsk]] and in [[Kentjärvi]].

By 1892, Kondopoga had forty-eight buildings, three hundred inhabitants, two churches, and a college and held an annual trade fair on September&nbsp;8–15.

During [[World War I]], the Main Artillery Administrative Department of the Russian Military Ministry started construction of a nitric acid plant there, which was essential for gunpowder production. A hydroelectric power station was designed to meet considerable demand in the energy for such a plant. Kondopoga was well suitable for such a station due to significant water level drop between [[Lake Nigozero|Lakes Nigozero]] and [[Lake Onega|Onega]]. A 30&nbsp;[[watt|MW]] station was to become the largest in Russia. However, the [[October Revolution]] and the subsequent [[Russian Civil War|Civil War]] delayed the project, which was only revived in the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] time as a part of the [[GOELRO plan]]. According to the project, the waters of the [[Suna River]] were to be redirected towards the hydroelectric power station via the lake system. On July&nbsp;19, 1923, [[Sovnarkhoz]] of Karelia ratified the formation of a building society (Kondostroy) to build a hydroelectric power station and a major pulp and paper mill. Kondopoga became the [[administrative center]] of a district in 1932 and was granted town status in 1938.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} At the time, its population was about fourteen thousand inhabitants.

On November&nbsp;3, 1941, during [[World War II]], Kondopoga was totally destroyed. Industrial plants and factories were looted, including the pulp and paper mill, hydroelectric station, granite and brick factories, furniture factory, and other facilities. Approximately 250&nbsp;houses and apartment buildings were demolished along with concert halls, museums, kindergarten, school, hotels, fire station, and government offices. All bridges in the vicinity were blown up. The town was occupied by Red Army on June&nbsp;28, 1944. After the war, the town was rebuilt. In 1957, Kondopoga was declared the All-Union [[Komsomol]] building site. A number of new factories were built and the pulp and paper mill was also expanded. The population grew to 38,000 people.

On the night of August&nbsp;29–30, 2006, two ethnic [[Russians]] were killed and several others badly injured by [[Chechen people|Chechens]], starting [[2006 ethnic tensions in Kondopoga]].

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Kondopoga serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Kondopozhsky District]], to which it is directly subordinated.<ref name="Ref62">Law #871-RZK</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] of Kondopoga, together with three rural localities, is incorporated within Kondopozhsky Municipal District as '''Kondopozhskoye Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="Ref736">Law #813-RZK</ref>

==Economy and transportation==
Kondopoga has a railway station on the [[Kirov Railway|Moscow–Murmansk railroad]], some of the largest pulp and paper mills in Eastern Europe (e.g. [[OAO Kondopoga]]), the Petrozavodsk Forestry College branch, Olympic Reserve State College and facilities for the manufacture of building materials.

[[Blue Highway (tourist route)|The Blue Highway]], an international tourist route, starts in [[Mo i Rana]], [[Norway]], goes through [[Sweden]] and [[Finland]], and then through Kondopoga, before ending in [[Pudozh]].

=== Trading ===
An important sector of the city's economy is retail trade. Such large retail chains as «[[Pyaterochka]]», «[[Magnit]]», «[[Svetofor]]», «[[DNS (retail company)|DNS]]», «[[Krasnoe & Beloe|Red&White]]», «[[Fix Price]]» and others operate in Kondopoga.

The largest shopping centers are «Lotus City», «Ruby».

==Architecture==
[[File:Кодопога. ЦЕРКОВЬ УСПЕНИЯ ПРЕСВЯТОЙ БОГОРОДИЦЫ (2).jpg|thumb|left|[[Dormition Church, Kondopoga|Dormition Church]] in Kondopoga]]

First recorded as early as 1495, Kondopoga retained a rare monument of [[Russian wooden architecture]]&nbsp;— the Dormition Church ({{lang|ru|Успенская церковь}}), built in 1774. The central column of this church was crowned by a [[Tented roof|hipped roof]], 42&nbsp;m in total height. The column was based on a central rectangular framework, with adjacent frameworks for the [[refectory]] and [[altar]]. The altar framework was covered by a traditional wooden roof, called a [[barrel roof]].

The church was burnt up in 2018 by a mentally disordered teenager, with only a few charred remains left at its place. Island Rashe<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vohuman.ru/sanskrit/slovar-sanskrit-r2.html | title=Словарь санскритских терминов - РАН-РУД }}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://www.kondopoga.ru/EN/ Official website of Kondopoga]
*[http://www.kondopoga.ru/ Official website of Kondopoga] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Republic of Karelia}}
{{Russian North}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in the Republic of Karelia]]
[[Category:Petrozavodsky Uyezd]]
[[Category:Populated lakeshore places in Russia]]
[[Category:Monotowns in Russia]]
[[Category:Former urban-type settlements of Karelia]]
[[Category:Populated places in Kondopozhsky District]]