Svetogorsk
Svetogorsk (, ) is an industrial town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the Vuoksi River. It is located from the border with Finland, from the Finnish town of Imatra, and from St. Petersburg. Population:
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- Svetogorsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Светогорск
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- Leningrad Oblast
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- Vyborgsky District
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- Svetogorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
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- Svetogorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
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Svetogorsk (, ) is an industrial town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the Vuoksi River. It is located from the border with Finland, from the Finnish town of Imatra, and from St. Petersburg. Population:
==History== Originally called Enso, the town was founded in 1887 to serve a paper mill. At the time, Enso was part of Viipuri Province and the Jääski Municipality in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire. When Finland became independent in 1917, Enso remained part of Finland. thumb|left|The Finnish villa (1930) at Kantorovicha Street