Yakkima, Lakhdenpokhsky District, Republic of Karelia

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Yakkima (Russian: Яккима; Finnish: Jaakkima) is a rural locality located in Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

History[]

Yakkima was founded in 1647.[1] Yakkima is a former municipality of Finland. As a result of the Winter War Yakkima was ceded to the Soviet Union. Finland occupied Yakkima in the Continuation War in 1941, but the Soviet Union regained the territory in 1944 in accordance with the Moscow Armistice.

Church[]

Remains of the church

In 1845, with the financial assistance of the landowner Alexander Kushelev-Bezborodko, the construction of a new Lutheran church in Yakkima was started. The church was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel. The construction took five years and the church was consecrated on 19 October 1851. In 1977 the church was gutted in a fire.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jaakkima". Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Бывшие церкви в бывшей Финляндии - Лахденпохья". Retrieved 17 January 2021.

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