Khiytola

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Khiytola
Lenina Street in Hiitola
Lenina Street in Hiitola
Location of Khiytola
Khiytola is located in Russia
Khiytola
Khiytola
Location of Khiytola
Coordinates: 61°14′24″N 29°41′21″E / 61.24000°N 29.68917°E / 61.24000; 29.68917Coordinates: 61°14′24″N 29°41′21″E / 61.24000°N 29.68917°E / 61.24000; 29.68917
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Karelia
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[1])
Postal code(s)[2]
186700Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID86618433101

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

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.

Transportation[]

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.[4]

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. ^ Расписание электричек по станции Хийтола (in Russian). Yandex. Retrieved April 2, 2014.

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