Khiytola

Khiytola (Russian: Хийтола; Finnish: Hiitola) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

Khiytola
Хийтола
Lenina Street in Hiitola
Lenina Street in Hiitola
Location of Khiytola
Khiytola is located in Russia
Khiytola
Khiytola
Location of Khiytola
Khiytola is located in Karelia
Khiytola
Khiytola
Khiytola (Karelia)
Coordinates: 61°14′24″N 29°41′21″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Karelia
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[1])
Postal code(s)[2]
186700Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID86618433101

History

The Finnish name of the settlement (Hiitola) derives from "Hiisi", the name of a forest spirit in the Karelian-Finnish mythology.[3]

Before the Winter War it was a municipality of the Viipuri Province of Finland.

During World War II, the settlement was captured by forces of VII Corps (Hägglund) on 11 August 1941 and came under Finnish occupation.[4]: 839  With the Moscow Armistice of 1944, the town's continued allegiance to the USSR was confirmed.

Transportation

Khiytola railway station is a railway junction of the Vyborg–Joensuu and St. Petersburg–Khiytola railways. It has direct suburban connections with Vyborg, Sortavala, and Kuznechnoye. A long-distance train between St. Petersburg and Kostomuksha calls at Khiytola every second day.[5]

Notable people
  • Eeva Kilpi (b. 1928), feminist writer
  • Martti Talvela (1935–1989), opera singer (see, for example, Pekka Hako, The Unforgettable Martti Talvela/Unohtumaton Martti Talvela, 2005)

References
  1. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  2. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  3. Андрей Сыров. "Забытые достопримечательности западной части Карельского перешейка. Путеводитель". Издательство "Центрполиграф", Санкт-Петербург, 2012. Стр. 330
  4. Ueberschär, Gerd R. (1983). "Kriegführung und Politik in Nordeuropa". In Boog, Horst; et al. (eds.). Der Angriff auf die Sowjetunion. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Vol. 4. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 810–882. ISBN 3421060983.
  5. Расписание электричек по станции Хийтола (in Russian). Yandex. Retrieved April 2, 2014.

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