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Segezha is a town and the administrative center of
Segezhsky DistrictSegezhsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Segezhsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Segezha. District's population: 15,624 ; Population of Segezha accounts for 71.9% of...
of the
Republic of KareliaThe Republic of Karelia is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is located in the northwestern part of Russia, taking intervening position between the basins of White and Baltic seas...
,
RussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located 267 kilometres (165.9 mi) north of
PetrozavodskPetrozavodsk is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some . The city is served by Petrozavodsk Airport. Municipally, it is incorporated as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug . Population:...
on the Segezha River and on the west shore of Vygozero Lake. Population:
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. Segezha is the location of
Segezha Pulp and Paper MillSegezha Pulp and Paper Mill is a Russian pulp and paper company and the country's largest producer of kraft paper and paper sacks.-Overview:The company 270,000 tonnes of sack kraft per year, as well as 100,000 tonnes of kraftliner and 520,000 tonnes of unbleached kraft pulp.In 2008, Ministry of...
, one of the largest pulp and paper companies in Russia.
In June 2011, Russian oligarch
Mikhail KhodorkovskyMikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky is a Russian prisoner, considered by some - such as Amnesty International - to have been imprisoned for political reasons, jailed until 2016 and a former Russian oligarch and businessman...
was moved into the local Correctional Colony No. 7 to serve out his prison term.