Shozhma
Shozhma (russian: Шожма) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a railway station) in Nyandomsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. History It was founded as a railway station, located from Moscow, during the building of the Vologda–Arkhangelsk railway at the end of the 19th century, and was named after the village of Shozhma (alternatively knows as Kondratovskaya), located approximately to the east, on the shore of the Shozhma River. A prison was established in Shozhma prior to World War II, which existed until 1985. Prisoners were involved in wood production. In 1940–1941, deported people were moved to Shozhma, in particular from the Ukrainian SSR, Ukrainian and Estonian SSRs.http://lib.pomorsu.ru/exile/Polska_ssylka/Vasilchenko.doc Forestry and wood production were dominant in Shozhma during Soviet times. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, wood production volumes went down considerably and the production nearly stopped at the ...
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Shozhma River
The Shozma (russian: Шожма) is a river in Nyandomsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Mosha (river), Mosha. It is long. The river flows out of Lake Big Shozhma (russian: Bolshoye Shozmozero), crosses the Arkhangelsk-Moscow railway near the village of Shipakhovsky and crosses the village, then flows to the north up to village of Shozhma, which is on the left bank, there it turns to the east. The Shozhma flows in the general direction of the north-east. Another settlement on the river banks was the village of Kondratovskaya (with historical name the "Village of Shozhma" (russian: derevnya Shozhma) in the middle course of the river. Kondratovskaya is now deserted. References

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