Segezha
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Segezha (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a town and the administrative center of Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located Template:Convert north of Petrozavodsk on the Segezha River and on the western shore of Lake Vygozero. Population: Template:Ru-census
History
The town was founded as a railway station on Murmansk Railway in 1915.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". A small settlement grew around the station; it was granted town status in 1943.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The area around Segezha held many of the early camps within the Soviet gulag system and was known as Segezhlag.[1]
Segezha is still where Penal Colony 7 is located (Template:Coord). In June 2011, Mikhail Khodorkovsky was moved here to serve his sentence.[2] Russian activist Ildar Dadin writes that he was tortured in this prison in September 2016.[3]
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.[4] As a municipal division, the town of Segezha is incorporated within Segezhsky Municipal District as Segezhskoye Urban Settlement.[5]
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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