Online webcam shows the intersection of Lenin, Victory And Suoyarv Highway streets in the town of Suoyarvi located in the Northern Priladzhya. The city is located 137 km from Petrozavodsk, in the south of Karelia. It is a railway junction, the center of the woodworking industry in the Republic of Karelia. A very promising industry is tourism - sports and environmental. The picturesque nature of Lake Suoyarvi, whose coast has been inhabited since the 14th century, attracts people here today.
The coast of Lake Suoyarvi became interesting to man in the 14th century, at this time the first settlements in the area were formed. The annals of 1500 mention the settlement of Kaipaa, located on the southern shore of the lake (now urban development), with about 20 houses.
In 1617, the city was part of the Swedish Kingdom.
During the reign of Peter ?, during the Northern War, the entire territory of Old Finland became part of the Russian Kingdom. The Vyborg province of St. Petersburg province was formed.
In 1804, a cast-iron smelter was built on the territory of the settlement.
In 1811, as part of the Russian Empire formed the Principality of the Finnish and the territory of the region is part of it.
In 1917, after the October Revolution, the principality became an independent state in Finland.
From 1918 to 1940, the city of Suoyarvi (Karelia) was part of Finland.
In 1926, a timber factory and a cardboard factory were built here.
There are currently about 18 schools, 17 kindergartens, 3 music schools, a children's sports school and an arts school in the area. Two district hospitals are taking patients. There are 189 enterprises operating in the city and the district.
The city-forming enterprise for a long time was considered a cardboard factory in the city of Suoyarvi, but in 2012 the company went bankrupt. In 2013, the factory underwent massive reductions in workers, and now the situation has not improved, the debt of the enterprise has not been solved at the local or district level.
Suoyarvi in Karelia is a fairly large city and a railway junction. There are two stations here.