Nadwoizy

Urban-type settlement Nadwoizy Надвоицы ( Russian ) Vojatšu ( Finnish ) flag Federal district Northwest Russia republic Karelia Rajon Segescha Earlier names Woizy Urban-type settlement since 1942 population 8,372 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81431 Post Code 186430 License Plate 10 OKATO 86 245 560 Geographical location Coordinates 63 ° 53 '  N , 34 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 63 ° 53 '0 "  N , 34 ° 15' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Republic of Karelia

Nadwoizy ( Russian Надвоицы , old spelling Надвойцы , Finnish Vojatšu ) is an urban-type settlement in northwestern Russia with 8,372 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It belongs to the Republic of Karelia .

geography

Nadwoizy is located on the northern shores of Lake Vygozero . The White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal , which connects Lake Onega with the White Sea, runs through the settlement . The Lower Wyg as part of the canal has many rapids and small waterfalls near Nadwoizy, the most famous of which, the Woizki waterfall ( Воицкий падун ), is four meters high. Nadwoizy belongs administratively to the Rajon Segescha , whose administrative center Segescha is about 15 kilometers south of Nadwoizy.

history

The village of Woitsy ( Воицы ) was located in the area of ​​today's settlement as early as the 16th century . From 1742 to 1783 the Woizy mine was operated near the village , in which gold was found for the first time on the territory of Russia. In addition to gold, copper was also mined in the mine .

In the course of the First World War , the Murman Railway was built through the town in 1916 . At that time, the railway line ran from Petrozavodsk to Kola and had the task of ensuring the year-round supply of Russia with Allied armaments.

Between 1929 and 1930, the White Sea-Baltic Canal was built in Nadwoizy. For the construction were forced laborers from the Solovetsky camp for special use (part of the later White Sea-Baltic camp ) are used. From 1933 and 1935 Nadwoizy was the administrative center for the White Sea-Baltic Sea camp , in which up to 108,000 people were temporarily imprisoned. Among other things, the workers in this camp were used to operate the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal, to develop the surrounding area and to extract wood.

In 1942, Nadwoizy received urban-type settlement status. In 1954, an aluminum plant was built in Nadwoitsy using alum earth from Leningrad Oblast . The Nadwoizki aluminum plant ( Надвоицкий алюминиевый завод ) is now part of RUSAL and is still one of the most important employers in the area.

The current name of the place is derived from the Russian word nad ( над , German: about ) and Woiz or Woizki waterfall ( Woizki padun ).

Population development

The following overview shows the development of the population of Nadwoizy.

year	Residents
1959	10,503
1970	10,973
1979	10,655
1989	11,514
2002	11,073
2010	8,372

Note: census data

transport

The port of the settlement is located in the south of Nadwoizy, at the tributary of the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal into the Vygosero. Nadwoizy is on the Petrozavodsk - Belomorsk railway line . The Russian M18 trunk road runs from Saint Petersburg to Murmansk about 10 kilometers west of the settlement .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Article Segescha in the dictionary of today's geographical names (Russian); checked on January 27, 2012
3. ↑ ^{a b} History of the site on tehnotour.ru ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian); checked on January 27, 2012 
4. ↑ Article about the White Sea-Baltic Sea Camp on gulag.memorial.ru (Russian); checked on January 27, 2012
5. ↑ ^{a b} Article Nadwoizy in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D79710~2a%3D~2b%3DNadwoizy