Vytegra

Vytegra (Finn. Vutukera, Kare. Vengi) is a Uralican city in northwestern West Uralica, roughly 12 kilometres from the nearest shoreline of Lake Onega. Situated at the junction of Highways UH-7A and UH-13B, Vytegra is an important city in the area as it is the first major centre after the Oshta double border crossing.

Its main industries are ferrous metallurgy, machine-building, and food production, but given the proximity of a major border crossing (around 70 kilometres by road), retail and transportation production have exploded in the city. There is also (as a result of retail explosion) a small textiles sector in the city.

Culture
Founded as Vyangi in 1710, the city was renamed Vytegra (after the short river that runs through it) in 1773 upon gaining town status. The origin of both names is Finnic, although the exact language is unknown in the case of Vytegra (Vyangi is derived from the Karelian word vengi, meaning creek).

Russians, Finns, and Karelians make up the vast majority of the population, although there are also some Livonians in the area, who mainly speak the Ludian language. Linguistically, Russian, Finnish, Karelian, and English are the most-spoken languages.

It has been noted by local tourist groups, that when tourists visit the main retail districts of the city (it has three shopping malls and two shopping centres), they will often end up going to one of the city's cultural tourist traps in the same trip because of their proximity. The museum of local lore is well-visited, and there are a few beautiful churches in the city, most notably the Church of the Intercession and the Holy Resurrection Cathedral.

There is also a house-museum dedicated to pre-Communist Russian poet Nikolay Klyuyev, who was shot by Stalinist-era troopers in Tomsk for "contradicting Soviet ideology" through his poetry.

Neighbourhoods and Suburbs

 * Palozero
 * Shestovo
 * Ankhimovo
 * Belousovo