Segezha
{{Short description|Town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia}}
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Segezha ({{langx|ru|Сеге́жа}}; {{langx|krl|Segeža}}; {{langx|fi|Segeža}}) is a town and the administrative center of Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located {{convert|267|km|sp=us}} north of Petrozavodsk on the Segezha River and on the western shore of Lake Vygozero. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=29,631|p2002=34,214|p1989=38,207}}
History
The town was founded as a railway station on Murmansk Railway in 1915.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}} A small settlement grew around the station; it was granted town status in 1943.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}} The area around Segezha held many of the early camps within the Soviet gulag system and was known as Segezhlag.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gulagmuseum.org/showObject.do?object=61918&language=2|title = Virtual Gulag museum}}
Segezha is still where Penal Colony 7 is located ({{coord|63|46|27|N|34|17|39|E}}). In June 2011, Mikhail Khodorkovsky was moved here to serve his sentence.{{cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-s-mikhail-khodorkovsky-released-flies-to-berlin-1.2471287| title = Russia's Mikhail Khodorkovsky released, flies to Berlin {{!}} CBC News}} Russian activist Ildar Dadin writes that he was tortured in this prison in September 2016.[https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/civil-society-and-media/2016/11/ildar-dadin-deadly-torture-karelian-prison Ildar Dadin: deadly torture in Karelian prison] The Independent Barents Observer AS, 2016
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.Law #871-RZK As a municipal division, the town of Segezha is incorporated within Segezhsky Municipal District as Segezhskoye Urban Settlement.Law #813-RZK
Economy
Segezha is the location of the Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill, one of the largest pulp and paper companies in Russia.
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{{Republic of Karelia}}
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Category:Cities and towns in the Republic of Karelia