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Khiytola Хийтола
Lenina Street in Hiitola
Location of Khiytola
Khiytola Location of Khiytola Show map of Russia Khiytola Khiytola (Karelia) Show map of Karelia
Coordinates: 61°14′24″N 29°41′21″E / 61.24000°N 29.68917°E / 61.24000; 29.68917
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Karelia
Time zone	UTC+3 ( MSK  [1])
Postal code(s) [2]	186700
OKTMO ID	86618433101

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.

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

External links

• History of Khiytola (in Russian)