Svetogorsk Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
About Svetogorsk
Svetogors is an industrial town of 16,000 inhabitants in the Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, on the Karelian Isthmus, on the Vuoksi River. The town was founded as Enso in 1887 to serve a paper mill (Enso Oy and later Enso-Gutzeit became one of Finland's major paper producers). At the time the area was part of the Jääski municipality in the Grand Duchy of Finland, and it remained part of Finland after 1917. Enso was ceded to the Soviet Union after World War II, together with the rest of the Karelian Isthmus. The Karelian Isthmus saw heavy fighting, and traces remain in Svetogorsk, which was the new name given to the town in 1949. In 1972, a new cellulose and paper mill was built in Svetogorsk by the Finnish (cfKostomuksha). The project also gave a start to cross-border relations. To
Where to Eat in Svetogorsk
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Café Bistro
- 🍴Grand Café Hearth
- 🍴Restaurant Arugula
- 🍴Restaurant Petrovskij
- 🍴Кафе «Белые ночи»
Where to Stay in Svetogorsk
- 🏨Hotel Svetogorsk
- 🏨База отдыха «Усадьба Лесогорская»
Svetogorsk Travel Guide Sections
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