Lake Tolvajärvi (russian: Толваярви; fi, Tolvajärvi) is a group of lakes in the

Republic of Karelia The Republic of Karelia (russian: Респу́блика Каре́лия, Respublika Kareliya; ; krl, Karjalan tašavalta; ; fi, Karjalan tasavalta; vep, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Ludic: ''Kard’alan tazavald''), also known as just Karelia (rus ...

, in the

Ladoga Karelia Ladoga Karelia ( fi, Laatokan Karjala, russian: Ладожская Карелия, Ladožskaja Karelija, Карельское Приладожье, ''Karelskoje Priladožje'' or Северное Приладожье, ''Severnoje Priladožje'') is a ...

. It is a part of the Vuoksi drainage basin. The group of lakes have flows through rivers to the Finnish

Lake Pielinen Pielinen ( sv, Pielisjärvi) is the fourth largest lake of Finland, with a drainage basin area of equally distributed between eastern Finland and Russia. The creation of the lake and its outlet is attributed to a post-glacial isostatic rebound, w ...

History

Before the Winter War, the lake was part of the Korpiselkä municipality.Korpiselkä 1939 (map)
/ref> During the war the area was a scene of the

battle of Tolvajärvi The Battle of Tolvajärvi ( tol.va.jær.vi fi, Tolvajärven–Ägläjärven taistelu, russian: Битва при Толваярви) was fought on 12 December 1939 between Finland and the Soviet Union. It was the first large offensive victory ...

. The Tolvajärvi area also served as a battlefield during the Continuation War.

References

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