Svetogorsk

This article covers the city of Svetogorsk in Leningrad Oblast. For the former settlement of the same name in Dagestan see Shamilkala .

city svetogorsk Светогорск flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Leningrad Rajon Vyborgsky mayor Dmitri Seredenin Founded 1887 Earlier names Enso (1887-1949) City since 1949 surface 50  km² population 15,981 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 320 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 44  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81378 Post Code 188990-188992 License Plate 47 OKATO 41 215 514 Website svetogorsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 7 '  N , 28 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 7 '0 "  N , 28 ° 51' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Leningrad Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Svetogorsk ( Russian Светогорск ; until 1949 Enso ) is a city in Leningrad Oblast in northwest Russia with 15,981 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

location

Svetogorsk is located about 200 km northwest of Saint Petersburg on the Wuoksa (Vuoksi) river on the border with Finland . The city belongs to the Vyborgsky district of Leningrad Oblast. On the Finnish side, the city of Imatra is seven kilometers away .

history

Apartment houses in Svetogorsk

Before the Second World War , Svetogorsk was called Enso and belonged to Finland. At that time, the place was part of the Jääski municipality (now Lessogorski ). By drawing the border in 1940 after the Winter War and again in 1944 after the end of the Continuation War, Enso remained on the Soviet side. The Finnish population was evacuated and resettled in Finland, while Ukrainians , Belarusians and Russians settled in Enso . In 1949 the place was renamed Svetogorsk and received city rights.

The Enso-Gutzeit company, founded in 1924, had a paper mill in Enso and had the name of the place in its company name. After the war, the group relocated to Finland, in 1998 it merged with the Swedish group Stora to form Stora Enso , the second largest forest company in the world. The paper industry is still located in Svetogorsk today: The OAO Svetogorsk plant of the International Paper group employs 3,000 people, and another 400 work in a toilet paper factory owned by the Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget company.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	10,448
1970	9,623
1979	12,990
1989	15,594
2002	15,698
2010	15,981

Note: census data

See also

• List of cities in Leningrad Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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)

Web links

Commons : Svetogorsk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Svetogorsk Portal (Russian)
• Svetogorsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)