Segezha
Сегежа
Town[1]
Segezha railway station
Segezha railway station
Flag of Segezha
Flag
Coat of arms of Segezha
Coat of arms
Location of Segezha
Map
Segezha is located in Russia
Segezha
Segezha
Location of Segezha
Segezha is located in Karelia
Segezha
Segezha
Segezha (Karelia)
Coordinates: 63°44′N 34°19′E / 63.733°N 34.317°E / 63.733; 34.317
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Karelia[1]
Administrative districtSegezhsky District[1]
Founded1915
Town status since1943
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total29,631
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
26,666 (−10%)
 • Capital ofSegezhsky District[1]
 • Municipal districtSegezhsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementSegezhskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofSegezhsky Municipal District,[5] Segezhskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
186420Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID86645101001
Websitewww.segezha.info

Segezha (Russian: Сеге́жа; Karelian: Segeža; Finnish: Segeža) is a town and the administrative center of Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located 267 kilometers (166 mi) north of Petrozavodsk on the Segezha River and on the western shore of Lake Vygozero. Population: 29,631 (2010 Census);[2] 34,214 (2002 Census);[8] 38,207 (1989 Census).[9]

History

It was founded as a railway station on Murmansk Railway in 1915.[citation needed] A small settlement grew around the station; it was granted town status in 1943.[citation needed] The area around Segezha held many of the early camps within the Soviet gulag system and was known as Segezhlag.[10]

Segezha still where Penal Colony 7 is located (63°46′27″N 34°17′39″E / 63.77417°N 34.29417°E / 63.77417; 34.29417). In June 2011, Mikhail Khodorkovsky was moved here to serve his sentence.[11] Russian activist Ildar Dadin writes that he was tortured in this prison in September 2016.[12]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Segezha serves as the administrative center of Segezhsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Segezha is incorporated within Segezhsky Municipal District as Segezhskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

Segezha is the location of the Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill, one of the largest pulp and paper companies in Russia.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #871-RZK
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Law #813-RZK
  5. ^ Law #825-ZRK
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ "Virtual Gulag museum".
  11. ^ "Russia's Mikhail Khodorkovsky released, flies to Berlin | CBC News".
  12. ^ Ildar Dadin: deadly torture in Karelian prison The Independent Barents Observer AS, 2016

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