Oshta

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Oshta |other_name = |native_name = Ошта |nickname = |settlement_type = Selo |image_skyline = File:Ошта.jpg |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Russia Vologda Oblast#Russia |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Russia |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Vologda Oblast |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Vytegorsky District |subdivision_type4 = Municipality |subdivision_name4 = |timezone1 = |utc_offset1 = +3:00 |timezone1_DST = |utc_offset1_DST = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |elevation_m = |elevation_footnotes = |coordinates = {{coord|60|51|N|35|33|E|display=inline,title}}<ref>[https://mapdata.ru/vologodskaya-oblast/vitegorskiy-rayon/selo-oshta/ Село Ошта на карте]</ref> }} '''Oshta''' ({{langx|ru|О́шта}}; {{langx|vep|Šušt}})<ref>{{Cite book|last=Strogalshchikova|first=Z. I.|date=2014|title=Вепсы. Очерки истории и культуры. Документирование языка|location=Saint Petersburg|publisher=Издательский дом «Инкери»|url=http://forumnarodov47.ru/docs/-ZlJ.pdf|language=ru|page=13|isbn=978-5-903562-46-6|access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref> is a rural locality (a selo) in the Oshta Rural Settlement of Vytegorsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,064 as of 2010.<ref name=rgo/> There are 19 streets.<ref>[https://mapdata.ru/vologodskaya-oblast/vitegorskiy-rayon/selo-oshta/ Село Ошта на карте]</ref>

== Geography == Oshta is located {{convert|64|km}} southwest of Vytegra (the district's administrative centre) by road.<ref>[http://allroutes.ru/rasstoyanie_oshta_vytegra Расстояние от Ошты до Вытегры]</ref> Malgora, the highest point of the Vepsian Upland, rises to the east of Oshta.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref> The river Oshta flows through the village.<ref name=rgo/>

== History == The pogost of Oshta was first mentioned in 1496. It was the administrative centre of the {{ill|Zaonezhye pogosts|ru|Заонежские погосты}} and had a church dedicated to Saint Nicholas. After pogosts had ceased to be a distinct type of settlement, the word became part of the village's name: ''Oshtinsky Pogost'' ({{lang|ru|Оштинский Погост}}).<ref name=rgo>{{cite web|url=http://www.vrorgo.ru/2018/04/26/oshta/|title=Село Ошта|date=26 April 2018|publisher=Russian Geographical Society|website=Вологодское отделение РГО|access-date=28 May 2026|language=ru}}</ref> Later on, it was part of the Lodeynopolsky Uyezd.<ref name=dubin>{{cite web|url=http://classif.spb.ru/sprav/np_lo/108_Oshtinsky_rayon.htm|title=Оштинский район|last=Dubin|first=Arseny|website=Справочник истории административно-территориального деления Ленинградской области|access-date=28 May 2026|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828093934/http://classif.spb.ru/sprav/np_lo/108_Oshtinsky_rayon.htm|archive-date=28 August 2016|language=ru}}</ref>

With the establishment of the Leningrad Oblast in August 1927, Oshtinsky Pogost became the administrative centre of the Oshtinsky District within it, as well as that of the Oshta selsoviet within the district. The district was transferred to the Vologda Oblast when it was established on 23 September 1937.<ref name=dubin/>

During the Continuation War, from 1 October 1941 until 24 June 1944, the district was partially under Finnish occupation. The front line was located some {{convert|4|km|spell=in}} from Oshtinsky Pogost.<ref name=rgo/> Today, there is a {{convert|32.5|x|62.9|m|abbr=on}} memorial in the village for Soviet soldiers who died in nearby battles.<ref name=poiskvol>{{cite book|last1=Dyakov|first1=Ivan|last2=Shchyokotova|first2=Yuliya|url=https://poisk-vologda.ru/_________vsgupload/pdf/Zastyvshie_v_granite_2019.pdf|title=Застывшие в граните. Реестр воинских захоронений периода Великой Отечественной войны на территории Вологодской области|page=109|date=2018|location=Vologda|publisher=Аринка|isbn=978-5-4429-0057-6|access-date=28 May 2026|language=ru}}</ref>

On 12 December 1955, the Oshtinsky District was split between the Vytegorsky and Babayevsky Districts.<ref name=poiskvol/>

The modern settlement of Oshta was formed in 2001, when the villages of Andreyevo, Cheleksa, Kurgino, Neshkina, Niz and Tarasino were merged into Oshtinsky Pogost.<ref name=rgo/>

On 2 November 2016, the Megra and Kazakovo rural settlements were merged into the Oshta rural settlement, with its new centre in Megra.<ref>{{Cite Russian law|ru_entity=Законодательное Собрание Вологодской области|ru_type=Закон|ru_number=4042-ОЗ|ru_date=2 ноября 2016 г.|ru_title=О преобразовании некоторых муниципальных образований Вытегорского муниципального района и о внесении изменений в закон области "Об установлении границ Вытегорского муниципального района, границах и статусе муниципальных образований, входящих в его состав (с изменениями на 16 апреля 2025 года)|ru_effective_date=|ru_published_in=|ru_published_date=3 ноября 2016 г.|ru_url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250627162955/https://docs.cntd.ru/document/444743818|en_entity=Legislative Assembly of Vologda Oblast|en_type=Law|en_number=4042-OZ|en_date=2 November 2016|en_title=On the transformation of some municipalities of the Vytegorsky Municipal District and on amendments to the regional law "On establishing the boundaries of the Vytegorsky Municipal District, its boundaries and status of the municipalities within it" (as amended on 16 April 2025)|en_effective_date=}}</ref>

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Category:Rural localities in Vytegorsky District Category:Lodeynopolsky Uyezd