Segezha

Segezha (English)
Сегежа (Russian)
Segeža (Karelian)
-  Town[1]  -

Segezha railway station

Location of the Republic of Karelia in Russia
Segezha
Location of Segezha in the Republic of Karelia
Coordinates: 63°44′N 34°19′E / 63.733°N 34.317°E / 63.733; 34.317Coordinates: 63°44′N 34°19′E / 63.733°N 34.317°E / 63.733; 34.317
Flag
Administrative status (as of April 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Karelia[1]
Administrative district Segezhsky District[1]
Administrative center of Segezhsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2013)
Municipal district Segezhsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Segezhskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Segezhsky Municipal District,[3] Segezhskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 29,631 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Founded 1915
Town status since 1943
Official website
Segezha on Wikimedia Commons

Segezha (Russian: Сеге́жа; Karelian: Segeža; Finnish: Sekehe) 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);[4] 34,214(2002 Census);[6] 38,207(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded as a railway station on Murmansk Railway in 1915. A small settlement grew around the station; it was granted town status in 1943. The area around Segezha held many of the early camps within the Soviet gulag system and was known as Segezhlag.[8]

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.[9]

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.[2]

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. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #871-RZK
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #813-RZK
  3. Law #825-ZRK
  4. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. http://www.gulagmuseum.org/showObject.do?object=61918&language=2
  9. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-s-mikhail-khodorkovsky-released-flies-to-berlin-1.2471287

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