Live webcam broadcasts a live broadcast from Kirov Square in Medvezhyegorsk. Medvezhyegorsk is a small town in Karelia, located on the shore of Lake Onega, 152 kilometers north of Petrozavodsk. The area of the settlement is 14 square kilometers.
Medvezhyegorsk was founded by the breeder Zakhariev, who at the end of the 18th century founded sawmills and a logging factory here. Many bears wandered through the dense thickets, one of which - a bear cub - was caught and given to the family of the activist for entertainment. The bear cub lived well until he, not calculating the strength, crushed one of the workers to death. Zakhariev, reluctantly, had to shoot him. They buried their favorite on a sandy hill, which is called Bear Mountain. The railway station built here later took on the apt name.
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In 1916, the Medvezhya Gora railway station was put into operation on the northern coast of Lake Onega. At that time, about 300 people lived in the station settlement, one part of whom worked at the sawmill and tar-making factories, the other worked in the railway workshops.
In May 1919, the railway station was captured by Anglo-American troops.
In the summer of 1920, the Karelian Labor Commune appeared, which included Petrozavodsk and the city of Petrozavodsk and other Karelian volosts.
In 1930, construction began on the White Sea-Baltic Canal. The station settlement became the administrative center of Belbaltlag, which was engaged in the construction of the canal.
In 1938, by order of the authorities, the village of Medvezhya Gora was transformed into the city of Medvezhyegorsk.
From December 1941 to June 1944, the city was under the occupation of the Finnish army.
In 1946, by order of the State Defense Committee of the USSR, the White Sea-Baltic Canal was put into operation.
In 1953, the Medvezhyegorsk bakery was built in the city.
In the late 1950s, the Druzhba cinema, a boarding school, and a monument to S. M. Kirov were opened in Medvezhyegorsk.
Industrial enterprises: Crushed stone plant, timber harvesting and processing enterprises, Karelia DSP OJSC, Locomotive depot, Medvezhyegorsk power grid enterprise.