Segezha (russian: Сеге́жа; krl, Segeža; fi, Sekehe) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
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of
Segezhsky District
Segezhsky District (russian: Сеге́жский райо́н; krl, Segežan piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.Constitution of the Republic of Karelia It is located in the east ...
of the
Republic of Karelia
The Republic of Karelia (russian: Респу́блика Каре́лия, Respublika Kareliya; ; krl, Karjalan tašavalta; ; fi, Karjalan tasavalta; vep, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Ludic: ''Kard’alan tazavald''), also known as just Karelia (rus ...
,
Russia
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, located north of
Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk (russian: Петрозаводск, p=pʲɪtrəzɐˈvotsk; Karelian, Vepsian and fi, Petroskoi) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population ...
on the
Segezha River and on the western shore of
Lake Vygozero
Lake Vygozero (russian: Выгозеро; fi, Uikujärvi) is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, in the northwestern part of Russia. It has an area of , and is part of the Vyg drainage in the White Sea basin.
From 1933 it has ...
. Population:
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
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gulag
The Gulag, an acronym for , , "chief administration of the camps". The original name given to the system of camps controlled by the GPU was the Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps (, )., name=, group= was the government agency in ...
system and was known as Segezhlag.
Segezha still where
Penal Colony 7 is located (). In June 2011,
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (russian: link=no, Михаил Борисович Ходорковский, ; born 26 June 1963), sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman and opposition activist, now residing in L ...
was moved here to serve his sentence. Russian activist
Ildar Dadin
Ildar Ildusovich Dadin (russian: Ильда́р Ильду́сович Да́дин, tt-Cyrl, Илдар Илдус улы Дадин, born April 14, 1982) is a Russian activist, accused of violent acts and derailing during demonstrations and hen ...
writes that he was tortured in this prison in September 2016.
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
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of Segezhsky District
Segezhsky District (russian: Сеге́жский райо́н; krl, Segežan piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.Constitution of the Republic of Karelia It is located in the east ...
, to which it is directly subordinated.[Law #871-RZK] As a municipal division, the town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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 Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill, ''Segezha Group'', is a Russian pulp and paper company and the country's largest producer of kraft paper and paper sacks, controlled by Sistema.
Overview
The company produces 270,000 tonnes of sack kraft per year, a ...
, one of the largest pulp and paper companies in Russia.
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Cities and towns in the Republic of Karelia
Segezhsky District
Povenetsky Uyezd