Kirjasalo (russian: Кирьясало) is an abandoned village in
Vsevolozhsky District
Vsevolozhsky District (russian: Все́воложский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #17-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central northwestern ...
of
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 194 ...
, Russia. It was located between the
Volchya and the Smorodinka rivers. Its population was largely composed of
Ingrian Finns
The Ingrians ( fi, inkeriläiset, ; russian: Ингерманландцы, translit=Ingermanlandts'i), sometimes called Ingrian Finns, are the Finnish population of Ingria (now the central part of Leningrad Oblast in Russia), descending from Lu ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned on a 17th-century map as ''Koriasilka''.
Kirjasalo has also been spelled as "Кирьясалы" (''Kirjasaly'') in older Russian maps, at least between 1885 to the 1920s.
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
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
.
During the
Continuation War
The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, as part of World War II.; sv, fortsättningskriget; german: Fortsetzungskrieg. A ...
, the Finnish defensive
VT-line
The Vammelsuu–Taipale line ( fi, VT-linja; sv, VT-linjen; russian: Карельский вал) was a Finnish defensive line on the Karelian Isthmus built in 1942–1944 during the Continuation War and running from Vammelsuu on the northern ...
passed through Kirjasalo.
Demography
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References
External links
Rural localities in Leningrad Oblast
Former populated places in Russia
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