Povenets (Russian: Повене́ц; Karelian: Poventsa; Finnish: Poventsa) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Onega, 231 kilometers (144 mi) north of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic.

[2] Povenets is located 19 kilometers (12 mi) from Sandarmokh, the site of mass execution by shooting and burial of victims of the Soviet political repressions.

[citation needed] Povenets marked the furthest advance by Finnish troops during the World War II Continuation war 1941-44.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Povenets is subordinated to Medvezhyegorsky District.

[1] As a municipal division, Povenets, together with seventeen rural localities, is incorporated within Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District[3] as Povenetskoye Urban Settlement.