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Place in Republic of Karelia, Russia
Elisenvaara Элисенваара
The old railway station, constructed around 1893, was destroyed in the Winter War.The old railway station, constructed around 1893, was destroyed in the Winter War.
Location of Elisenvaara
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Coordinates: 61°24′38″N 29°45′52″E / 61.41056°N 29.76444°E / 61.41056; 29.76444
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Karelia
Administrative districtLakhdenpokhsky District
Population
 • Total720
Municipal status
 • Municipal districtLakhdenpokhsky Municipal District
 • Capital ofElisenvaarskoye Rural Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (UTC+03:00 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code(s)186720
OKTMO ID86618450101

Elisenvaara (Russian: Элисенваара; Finnish: Elisenvaara) is a settlement in Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, and an important station of the Viipuri-Joensuu railroad. The station is also linked by railway to Savonlinna, Finland. The settlement has an approximate population of 686 people.

History

The settlement grew around the railroad junction, with railroad connections to Viipuri, Sortavala, Lappeenranta and Savonlinna. In 1940, in the Moscow Armistice, Finnish Karelia, along with the Saint Petersburg-Sortavala railroad, was ceded to the Soviet Union. Connections to Lappeenranta and Savonlinna were cut.

The bombing of the Elisenvaara railway station on 20 June 1944, during the final stages of the Continuation War, was the most fatal bombing in Finnish history; over a hundred civilians were killed when the Soviet air bombs hit a train of Karelian evacuees.

In 1946-1992 — an urban-type settlement.

References

  1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. Vaiettu murhenäytelmä Archived 2007-03-08 at the Wayback Machine - YLE (in Finnish)


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