Puatane

Puatane, known in Russian as Padany, lies near the mouth of the Luzhma on a bay of Lake Segozero. The Padan pogost appears in a survey of the Lapp pogosts in 1582, with a church dedicated to St Nicholas serving the surrounding district. Forests, lakes and waterways connect the settlement to the interior of Karelia. In the eighteenth century the crown briefly raised Padany to the status of a district town, before administration was moved elsewhere.