Veps National Volost (, Vepsskaya natsionalnaya volost; ) was a municipal autonomy (a volost) of North Vepses in the Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia during 1996-2004. Its capital was the village of Shyoltozero. History The autonomy was declared as a self-governing territory on January 20, 1994, Постановление Верховного Совета Республики Карелия «Об образовании Вепсской национальной волости», see ВЕПСЫ..., p. 207 and, after resolving various territorial and administrative controversies,ВЕПСЫ: МОДЕЛИ ЭТНИЧЕСКОЙ МОБИЛИЗАЦИИ. Сборник материалов и документов, Petrozavodsk, 2007, it was established as an administrative unit on December 2, 1996.Постановление Председателя Правительства Республики Карелия от 2 декабря 1996 года № 985 «Об образовании административной единицы Вепсской национальной волости», see ВЕПСЫ..., p. 233 Its territorial and administrative centre was the village (selo) of Shyoltozero. At the moment of formation it comprized of 14 settlements.ВЕПСЫ..., p. 234. One of them, , had population of 1 and soon was disestablished).
By January 1, 1998, its population was 3,552, with 1,559 being Vepses. By the 2002 Census the volost's population was 3,166, with Veps population of 1,202.http://www.gov.karelia.ru/Regions/Veps/vepnac.html#1 The volost extended over the same territory as the from the 1930s to the 1950s.
The volost was formed from three national selsoviets: Shyoltozero, , and which comprised thirteen villages (earlier established, by formal renaming them from "selsoviets" to "national selsoviets" in 1992-1993).
It was disestablished on December 1, 2004.Закон Республики Карелия от 1 декабря 2004 года № 825-ЗРК «О муниципальных районах в Республике Карелия» After its disestablishment, within the territory three rural municipalities were established: the , the and the , all subordinated back to Prionezhsky District.
In 2005 there was a sizzled attempt to restore the volost within the framework of the planned 2006 administrative reform in Russia.
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