Taipale Channel
Taipale may refer to: *Taipale (surname), a common family name in Finland *Taipale, former name of Solovyovo, a rural locality in Leningrad Oblast, Russia *The Battle of Taipale The Battle of Taipale was a series of battles fought during the Winter War between Finland and Soviet Union from 6 to 27 December 1939. The battles were part of a Soviet campaign to penetrate the Finnish Mannerheim Line in the Karelian Isthmu ...

Taipale (surname)
Taipale is a common Finnish surname. As of December 2012, almost 4,000 people in Finland have this name, which makes it approximately one in 1,400. The meaning is portage, ''journey'' or ''stretch of road''. Notable people Notable people having this surname include: * Armas Taipale, Finnish athlete * Hannu Taipale, Finnish cross country skier * Ilkka Taipale, Finnish politician and psychiatrist * Ilmari Taipale, Finnish long-distance runner * K. A. Taipale, Finnish lawyer, scholar, and social theorist * Kuisma Taipale, Finnish cross-country skier * Tero Taipale, Finnish football player * Vappu Taipale Vappu Taipale ( Puustinen; born 1 May 1940) is a Finnish retired politician and physician. Medical career In 1966, Taipale graduated with a licentiate's degree in medicine and qualified to practise medicine. In 1980, she obtained her doctorate ..., Finnish politician and psychiatrist References {{surname Finnish-language surnames Surnames of Finnish origin ...
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Solovyovo, Priozersky District, Leningrad Oblast
Solovyovo (russian: Соловьёво; fi, Taipale), formerly Taipale, is a rural locality (a settlement) in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the western shore of Lake Ladoga on the Karelian Isthmus about north of Saint Petersburg. The settlement is approximately east-southeast of the post-Winter War border with Finland. Vuoksi River's southern armlet Burnaya empties into Lake Ladoga at Solovyovo. As of January 1997, its population was 7.''Administrative-Territorial Structure of Leningrad Oblast'', p. 102 History Taipale, at the Mannerheim Line then approximately from the Finnish–Soviet border, became known for heavy fighting during the Battle of Taipale in December 1939 during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. The area was held by the Finnish forces until the end of that war, when all of the Karelian Isthmus The Karelian Isthmus (russian: Карельский перешеек, Karelsky peresheyek; fi, Karjal ...
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