Camera online Segezha. Antikainen Street, polyclinic area (Karelia)
Segezha is a town located on the northwest shore of Lake Vygozero, 267 kilometers from Petrozavodsk. The administrative center of the Segezha district, the basis of the city's economy is the pulp and paper industry.
The name of the town comes from the word "Vygozero", which means "light or clean" in Karelian. Initially this area was inhabited by the Sami - a small Finno-Ugric people, and from the XII century there were Karelians and Russians. In 1694 in Segezha was marked by appearance of a monastery and several sketes. Then at the beginning of the 19th century a predecessor of the present administrative unit Vygozerskaya volost was formed on this territory, which consisted of three peasant communities. In 1914, in connection with the construction of the Murom railroad station Segezha appeared, and in 1928 was formed Segezha district.
Changes in the history of the station occurred in the early 1930s, when due to construction of the BBK (White Sea-Baltic Canal) was flooded nearby settlement Maiguba. The plant for primary wood processing, located there, was moved to Segezha, and a year later it set up production of the first products. In 1935 around the station the building of the first apartment houses and timber and paper mill started, 3 years later the first school was opened, and in 1939 the industrial center of the settlement - Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill (PPM).
The status of the city was given to Segezha in 1943.
