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The Vyg (Russian: Выг; Karelian: Uikujoki) is a river in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It consists of the Upper Vyg which is 135 kilometres (84 mi) long and discharges into Lake Vygozero,[1] and the Lower Vyg, which is 102 kilometres (63 mi) long and flows from Vygozero and discharges into Onega Bay of the White Sea near Belomorsk.

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The Upper Vyg flows through several small lakes in a swampy land. The Lower Vyg is a part of the White Sea–Baltic Canal and is controlled by several dams.

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A petroglyph in Zalavruga [ru]

Neolithic petroglyphs have been found [ru] on islands of Vyg near its mouth.

There were famous raskolnik monasteries along Vyg and its tributary Leksa [ru], notably the Vyg River Hermitage [ru] (also Vygoretskaya Hermitage)[2][3]

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