Voznesenye is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement) in
Podporozhsky District of
Leningrad Oblast,
Russia, located on the banks of the
Svir River at the place if flow out of
Lake Onega. Municipally, it is incorporated as
Voznesenskoye Urban Settlement, one of the four urban settlements in the district. Population:
History
Voznesenye as a single locality exists since the middle of the 19th century, though the area was populated since at least the 17th century, and after the Mariinsky Water System, a predecessor of the
Volga–Baltic Waterway, opened in 1852, it started to play an important role. The name, which means
Ascencion, originates from the Ascencion Monastery, which existed in the area in the 17th and the 18th centuries. In the same year Voznesenye got the status of a selo. It was a part of
Lodeynopolsky Uyezd of
Olonets Governorate. In 1922, Olonets Governorate was abolished, and Lodeynopolsky Uyezd was transferred to
Petrograd Governorate (later Leningrad Oblast).