Spirkovo

Spirkovo lies in the forests between the Pasha and Oyat, rivers that flow toward the Svir and Lake Ladoga. Vepsian communities inhabited the watersheds of the Oyat and Pasha, where villages were spread among wooded hills and streams. In the old Novgorod lands, church districts such as Tervenichi and Pashozero gave the surrounding countryside places of worship and local organisation. Their names preserve a landscape shaped by both Vepsian and Russian traditions.