Syasstroy

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Coordinates: 60°08′N, 32°34′E

Syasstroy (Russian: Сясьстрой) is a town in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located near the mouth of the Syas River, at the confluence of the Valdonka and the Syas Rivers, close to Lake Ladoga, some 140 km east of St. Petersburg. Population: 13,969 (2002 Census); 16,122 (1989 Census).

Before 1926, a small village of Nosok (Носок) existed on that place. An urban-type settlement was founded in 1926, as construction of pulp-and-paper mill started. Town status granted in 1992.