Svirstroy is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement) in
Lodeynopolsky District of
Leningrad Oblast,
Russia, located on the left bank of the
Svir River several kilometers northeast of the town of
Lodeynoye Pole. Municipally, it is incorporated as
Svirstroyskoye Urban Settlement, one of the two urban settlements in the district. The name of the settlement is an abbreviation meaning
Construction on the Svir. Population:
History
In 1927, a large-scale construction of the
Lower Svir Hydroelectric Station started, and subsequently in 1931, the concentration camp of
Svirlag was established. The settlement which hosted the headquarters of Svirlag became known as Svirstroy. In the same year, Svirstroy was granted urban-type settlement status. On May 13, 1963, during the abortive Khrushhyov administrative reform, Svirstroy was subordinated to the town of
Podporozhye, but on January 13, 1965 it was transferred back to Lodeynopolsky District.