Lodeynoye Pole

the field of boats) is a town and the administrative center of Lodeynopolsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Svir River (Lake Ladoga's basin) 244 kilometers (152 mi) northeast of St. Petersburg.

[11] On August 1, 1927, the uyezds in Leningrad Oblast were abolished and Lodeynopolsky District, with the administrative center in Lodeynoye Pole, was established.

[12] In 1931, the infamous Soviet concentration camp Svirlag was established, with the headquarters in the former Alexander-Svirsky Monastery, several kilometers from Lodeynoye Pole.

During World War II, Lodeynoye Pole was at the frontline but was not occupied by Finnish troops which kept the areas north of the Svir.

A paved road branches off east in Lodeynoye Pole and continues to Vytegra in Vologda Oblast via Podporozhye.

The town was home to Lodeynoye Pole air base, which hosted an interceptor aircraft regiment during the Cold War.

The Alexander-Svirsky Monastery, founded in the 15th century, is located in the village of Staraya Sloboda several kilometers northwest of Lodeynoye Pole.

1788 coat of arms of Lodeynoye Pole
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, as photographed ca. 1912 by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky . Demolished.