Shozhma (russian: Шожма) is a rural locality (a railway station) in Nyandomsky District of

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...

, 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 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 th ...

. 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 and

Estonian SSR The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an ethnically based adminis ...

s.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 The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, wood production volumes went down considerably and the production nearly stopped at the end of the 20th century, leading to the decline of the local

narrow-gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard-gauge railway, standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum r ...

, which is the only connection with outside world.

External links

*''Pravda Severa''
Шожма, тёзка быстрой реки

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Nyandomsky District