En Name: | Medvezhyegorsk |
Ru Name: | Медвежьегорск |
Other Name: | Karhumägi |
Other Lang: | Karelian |
Coordinates: | 62.9°N 62°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Karelia |
Adm District Jur: | Medvezhyegorsky District |
Adm Ctr Of: | Medvezhyegorsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Medvezhyegorskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of1 Ref: | [1] |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Medvezhyegorskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 15533 |
Established Date: | 17th century |
Current Cat Date: | 1916 |
Prev Name1: | Medvezhya Gora |
Medvezhyegorsk (Russian: Медвежьего́рск; Karelian: Karhumägi; Finnish: Karhumäki) is a town and the administrative center of Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Population: 15,800 (1959).
Between 1703–1710 and 1766–1769, a factory was operating in the village. Town status was granted to it in 1916, when it was known as Medvezhya Gora (Russian: Медвежья Гора, lit. "bear mount").
The current name was given to the town in 1938. During World War II, the town was occupied by the Finnish Army from 6 December 1941 to 23 June 1944.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Medvezhyegorsk serves as the administrative center of Medvezhyegorsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[2] As a municipal division, the town of Medvezhyegorsk, together with three rural localities, is incorporated within Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District as Medvezhyegorskoye Urban Settlement.[3]
Medvezhyegorsk is on the Murmansk railway south of the White Sea, and at the north end of Lake Onega. The White Sea–Baltic Canal passes by it.