Puksoozero

Puksoozero (Russian: Пуксоозеро) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Plesetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located 22.2 kilometers (13.8 mi) southeast of Plesetsk, on Lake Puksoozero, at the source of the Puksa River, the left tributary of the Mekhrenga. Within the framework of municipal divisions, it serves as the administrative center of Puksoozerskoye Rural Settlement, one of the thirteen rural settlements in the district. Population: 1,212 (2010 Census);[4] 2,169 (2002 Census);[9] 4,255 (1989 Census).[10]

Puksoozero
Пуксоозеро
Settlement[1]
Location of Puksoozero
Puksoozero is located in Russia
Puksoozero
Puksoozero
Location of Puksoozero
Puksoozero is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Puksoozero
Puksoozero
Puksoozero (Arkhangelsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 62°34′59″N 40°36′31″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast[2]
Administrative districtPlesetsky District[1]
SelsovietTarasovsky Selsoviet[1]
Founded1944[3]
Population
 (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total1,212
 • Municipal districtPlesetsky Municipal District[5]
 • Rural settlementPuksoozerskoye Rural Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofPuksoozerskoye Rural Settlement[5]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
164251
Dialing code(s)+7 81832[8]
OKTMO ID11650422101
Websitepuksoozero.info

History

Puksoozero was built in 1930 as the settlement for forcibly resettled peasants. At the time, it was directly subordinate to Plesetsk Settlement Soviet. The main occupation of the population was timber production and construction of the railroad connecting Puksoozero and Puksa railway station.

In February 1938, the construction of a pulp mill No. 1 started. The construction was mainly carried out by prisoners of "Onegalag", with the headquarters located in the town of Plesetsk. In May 1939, the pulp mill No. 1 was put into operation. Pulp was used for the production of gunpowder, which was carried out in Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. In 1944, Puksoozero was granted urban-type settlement status.[3]

During Stalin's rule, fourteen correctional labor camps existed in and around Puksoozero. These camps contained more than fifteen thousand prisoners. Three of these were located directly adjacent to the settlement, and the remaining camps were built along the 140-kilometer (87 mi) railway. The prisoners were responsible for the timber logging.

In 1992, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all colonies were closed. This caused the economic crisis, and the pump mill was shut down in 1994.[3] The population of Puksoozero dropped by the factor of 3.5 between 1989 and 2010.

Puksoozero had work settlement status until it was demoted to a rural locality in February 2013.[1]

Economy

Industry

The biggest enterprise in the settlement is Puksoozero Timber Enterprise (Russian: Пуксоозерский лесхоз).[3]

Transportation

A road connects Puksoozero with the urban-type settlement of Plesetsk; there is regular passenger bus traffic.

Between 1930 and 2001, Puksoozero was on the Mekhrenga railroad, which at the time it was the longest, at 115 kilometers (71 mi). The railroad started at the Puksa station of the railway between Moscow and Arkhangelsk, and ran to the east, via Puksoozero to the Dalnyaya station. The locomotive depot was located in Puksoozero and closed in 2001. The railroad belonged to the State Department of Corrections and was used to transport timber. After 1966, it was gradually disassembled. The last stretch, between Puksa and Puksoozero, was closed and disassembled in 2001.[11]

References

Notes
  1. Архангельское областное Собрание депутатов. Областной закон №619-37-ОЗ от 22 февраля 2013 г. «О преобразовании отдельных населёных пунктов Плесецкого района Архангельской области и о внесении изменений в отдельные Областные законы». Вступил в силу через десять дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Волна", №7, 26 февраля 2013 г. (Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies. Oblast Law #619-37-OZ of February 22, 2013 On the Transformation of Several Inhabited Localities of Plesetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and on Amending Various Oblast Laws. Effective as of the day which is ten days from the day of the official publication.).
  2. Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 11 250 575 005», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 11 250 575 005, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  3. История и статистика (in Russian). МО "Пуксоозерское". Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  4. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. Архангельское областное Собрание депутатов. Областной закон №258-внеоч.-ОЗ от 23 сентября 2004 г. «О статусе и границах территорий муниципальных образований в Архангельской области», в ред. Областного закона №224-13-ОЗ от 16 декабря 2014 г. «Об упразднении отдельных населённых пунктов Соловецкого района Архангельской области и о внесении изменения в статью 46 Областного закона "О статусе и границах территорий муниципальных образований в Архангельской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Волна", №38, 8 октября 2004 г. (Arkhangelsk Oblast Council of Deputies. Oblast Law #258-vneoch.-OZ of September 23, 2004 On the Status and Borders of the Territories of the Municipal Formations in Arkhangelsk Oblast, as amended by the Oblast Law #224-13-OZ of December 16, 2014 On Abolishing Several Inhabited Localities in Solovetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast and on Amending Article 46 of the Oblast Law "On the Status and Borders of the Territories of the Municipal Formations in Arkhangelsk Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
  6. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. Телефонный справочник // Администрация МО "Пуксоозерское" (in Russian). МО "Пуксоозерское". Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  9. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  10. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  11. "Мехрeньгская железная дорога" (in Russian). С. Болашенко. Retrieved August 6, 2011.

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