Segezha

Segezha (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located north of Petrozavodsk on the and on the western shore of Lake Vygozero. Population:

Key facts

Russian town.en_name: Segezha
Russian town.ru_name: Сегежа
Russian town.other_name: Segeža
Russian town.other_lang: Karelian
Russian town.image_skyline: Сегежа вокзал.jpg
Russian town.image_caption: Segezha railway station
Russian town.map_label_position: right
Russian town.image_flag: Flag of Segezha.svg
Russian town.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Segezha.svg
Russian town.federal_subject: Republic of Karelia
Russian town.adm_district_jur: Segezhsky District
Russian town.adm_ctr_of: Segezhsky District

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History
Administrative and municipal status
Economy
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==History== The town 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.