Nikol'skoye Kemsky

The Nikolsky churchyard of Shalgo-Kemsky served a group of villages in the wooded lake country north of Belozero. Its name links the parish of Saint Nicholas to the local Kema district. The parish appears in records of the Charonda area, including a census of 1719 that listed the households belonging to it. Lakes, rivers and forest separated the villages, while the churchyard provided a common centre of worship for their inhabitants.