Online web camera broadcast is carried out from Lenin Street in the city of Suoyarvi - a small town in the Republic of Karelia, located on the southern shore of the lake of the same name, 132 kilometers northwest of Petrozavodsk.
General data and historical facts
The first mentions of the Kaipaa settlement on the southern shore of Lake Suoyarvi date back to 1500.
In the 16th century, the settlement was called the Schueretsky Churchyard and was part of the Vodsky Five in Novgorod Land.
In 1617, under the Treaty of Stolbovsky, the settlement was transferred to Sweden.
After the Northern War in 1721, the settlement was returned to the Russian Kingdom.
In the 18th century, Suoyarvi produced the best iron ore in the region, which was supplied to the Alexander Petrozavodsk plant.
In 1804, the Karatsalminsky cast-iron smelter was built in Suoyarva parish by Count A. G. Orlov-Chesmensky.
In 1811, the settlement joined the great principality of Finland together with the whole vyborg province.
In 1926, a cardboard factory and a timber factory were built in the village.
In March 1940, after the Soviet-Finnish war, Suoyarvi became a city and was incorporated into the Karelian Autonomous SSR.
From July 1941 to July 1944, the city was under the occupation of Finnish troops.
In September 1956, the railway from Suoyarvi to Parosozero was commissioned.