The Vyg (; ) is a river in the

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, Russia. It consists of the Upper Vyg which is long and discharges into Lake Vygozero, and the Lower Vyg, which is long and flows from Vygozero and discharges into Onega Bay of the

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near Belomorsk. The Upper Vyg flows through several small lakes in a swampy land. The Lower Vyg is a part of the White Sea–Baltic Canal and is controlled by several dams. Belomorsk petroglyphs00

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on islands of Vyg near its mouth. There were famous '' raskolnik'' monasteries along Vyg and its tributary , notably the (also Vygoretskaya Hermitage)

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