Summary
Kirjasalo (Russian: Кирьясало) is an abandoned village in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was located between the Volchya and the Smorodinka rivers. Its population was largely composed of Ingrian Finns.
Kirjasalo
Кирьясало | |
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Village | |
 Inhabitants of Kirjasalo, 1920 | |
 Flag  Seal | |
  Kirjasalo Location of Kirjasalo in Leningrad Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 60°26′23″N 30°05′52″E / 60.43972°N 30.09778°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal District | Northwestern Federal District |
| Federal Subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| District | Priozersky District |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
History edit
The village was first mentioned on a 17th-century map as Koriasilka.[1]
Kirjasalo has also been spelled as "Кирьясалы" (Kirjasaly) in older Russian maps, at least between 1885 and the 1920s.[2]
From 1919 to 1920, Kirjasalo served as the capital of the short-lived Republic of North-Ingria.
In the mid-1930s the population was for the most part repressed or deported to other areas of the Soviet Union.[3] During the Continuation War, the Finnish defensive VT-line passed through Kirjasalo.
Demography edit
References edit
- ^ "Исторические карты Всеволожского района | Фрагмент карты Нотебургского лена, начерченной в 1699 году с оригинала первой трети XVII века". vsevinfo.ru. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
- ^ "Исторические карты Всеволожского района".
- ^ Musajev, V.I. (2001). Polititšeskaja istorija Ingermanlandii v kontse XIX–XX veke. Kišinjov: Nestor-historia. p. 238. ISBN 9975-9606-4-2.
External links edit
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