Syasstroy () is a

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Volkhovsky District Volkhovsky District () is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #56-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Leningrad Oblast, seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central eastern part of the ...

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, located near the mouth of the Syas River, at its

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with the Valgonka, close to

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, east of St. Petersburg. Population:

History

Before 1926, a small village of Nosok () existed at this location. An

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was founded in 1926, as construction of pulp-and-paper mill started. At the time, it belonged to Volkhovsky Uyezd of Leningrad Governorate. On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Volkhovsky District was established. The governorates were also abolished and the district became a part of Leningrad Okrug of

. On March 20, 1946, Novoladozhsky District with the administrative center located in Novaya Ladoga was split off Volkhovsky District and Syasstroy became a part of this district. On February 1, 1963, Novoladozhsky District was abolished and merged into Volkhovsky District. Syasstroy was granted town status in 1992.Decree #2365-1

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated within

as Syasstroyskoye Settlement Municipal Formation.Oblast Law #32-oz As a municipal division, Syasstroyskoye Settlement Municipal Formation is incorporated within Volkhovsky Municipal District as Syasstroyskoye Urban Settlement.Law #56-oz

Economy

Industry

The economy of Syasstroy is dependent on just one enterprise, the paper mill, which makes it potentially very vulnerable to economic crises.

Transportation

The M18 Highway, connecting St. Petersburg with

Murmansk Murmansk () is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far Far North (Russia), northwest part of Russia. It is the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle and sits on both slopes and banks of a modest fjord, Ko ...

, passes through Syasstroy. A road connects Syasstroy with Kolchanovo, on the highway heading to

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via

Tikhvin Tikhvin (; Veps: ) is a town and the administrative center of Tikhvinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Tikhvinka River in the east of the oblast, east of St. Petersburg. Tikhvin is also an industrial ...

and

Cherepovets Cherepovets ( rus, Череповец, p=tɕɪrʲɪpɐˈvʲets) is a city in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located in the west of the oblast on the banks of the Sheksna River (a tributary of the Volga River) and on the shores of the Rybinsk Reservoir. ...

. The railway connecting St. Petersburg and Murmansk runs several kilometers east of Syasstroy. The closest station is in Kolchanovo. In the beginning of the 19th century, a system of canals bypassing Lake Ladoga were built, which at the time were a part of Mariinsky Water System, connecting the

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and the

Volga River The Volga (, ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment ...

. In particular, the Syas Canal connects the Syas and the Volkhov, and the Svir Canal connects the Syas and the Svir. The canals collectively are known as the

Ladoga Canal The Ladoga Canal () is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva River, Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which lies immediately to the northwest. It is about ...

Culture and recreation

The district contains one cultural heritage monument of federal significance and additionally three objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. The federal monument is the tomb of the author Sergey Semyonov, who died in 1942 in Syasstroy Military Hospital from pneumonia. The local monuments are two tombs of soldiers fallen during

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and a house where

Sergey Kirov Sergei Mironovich Kirov (born Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Russian and Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russ ...

stayed when he visited the construction place of the paper mill.

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* * * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1926 Volkhovsky District Novoladozhsky Uyezd