a city of the Russian province Olonez, the capital of a circle of the same name, extending over fifty-four square miles, and containing 44,500 inhabitants. The city is built on the river Onega, and is one of the most respectable provincial towns of Russia. It contains seventeen stone and nine wooden churches, two convents, 520 other dwellings, and 3700 inhabitants, who are very active and enterprising. Long. 38. 45. E. Lat. 61. 29. N.