Olonetz, a government of Russia, bounded W. by Finland, NE. by Archangel, and S. by Novgorod and St Petersburg. Area, 57,422 sq. m.; pop. (1897) 366,715. Forests cover 63½ per cent. of the total area. Petrosavodsk is the centre of administration.
Olonetz
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 600
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