Pervomayskoye (russian: Первома́йское; fi, Kivennapa) is a

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(a settlement) in

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, located on the

Karelian Isthmus The Karelian Isthmus (russian: Карельский перешеек, Karelsky peresheyek; fi, Karjalankannas; sv, Karelska näset) is the approximately stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern ...

, northwest of St. Petersburg. It serves as the

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of Pervomayskoye Settlement Municipal Formation—an administrative division of the district—as well as of Pervomayskoye Rural Settlement, which that administrative division is municipally incorporated as. Population: 4,469 ( 2010 Census); 4,496 ( 2002 Census). Prior to 1944, Pervomayskoye was a part of

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. It was then known as Kivennapa. Flag of Pervomayskoe (Leningrad oblast)

History

The name of Kivennapa seems to come from an old Scandinavian term for a border fortification, ''kivo näb'', but the foreign term was soon corrupted by the locals into ''Kivennapa'', meaning "rock's navel". The first mention of the settlement comes from 1445 as ''Kiwinapa'', when it was likely already a separate parish. Before that, Kivennapa was a part of the Muolaa parish. The parish was occasionally also called ''Hanttula'' or ''Pihlainen'' after two other villages in the area, even though Hanttula was mainly located within Muolaa. The borders of the Kivennapa parish remained unchanged until 1904, when five villages on the coast were separated from it, forming the Terijoki municipality. Kivennapa was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944. Its inhabitants were mainly relocated to the

Häme Province The Province of Häme ( fi, Hämeen lääni, sv, Tavastehus län) was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997. In 1997 the southern parts with Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme was merged with the province of Uusimaa and Kymi into the new Province ...

. It was renamed ''Pervomayskoye'', "First of May", in 1948.

Notable people

* Aleksander Strandman (1856-1933), Finnish Senator *

Olavi Paavolainen Olavi Paavolainen (17 September 1903 – 19 July 1964) was a Finnish writer, essayist and poet. He was one of the prominent figures of the literary group Tulenkantajat (″The Flame Bearers″), and one of the most influential Finnish writers of ...

(1903-1964), Finnish author

References

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