Otradnoje (russian: Отра́дное; fi, Pyhäjärvi, italics=no, ''Пӱхӓјӓрві'') is a
rural locality (a settlement at the railway station) in
Priozersky District of
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...
and a railway station of the
Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railway
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, located on the
Karelian Isthmus at the western shore of
Lake Otradnoye
Lake Otradnoye (; ) is a lake on Karelian Isthmus, in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, south of the town of Priozersk. The area of the lake is , and the area of its drainage basin is .
The lake is the source of the Pionerka River (Pyhäj ...
(Lake Pyhäjärvi).
Before the
Winter War and
Continuation War, it was the
administrative center of the Pyhäjärvi Municipality in
Viipuri Province of
Finland. It is birthplace of
Juhana Toiviainen
Juhana Tuomas Toiviainen (31 May 1879, Pyhäjärvi Vpl – 7 June 1937) was a Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
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(1879–1937),
Karl Lennart Oesch
Karl Lennart Oesch (8 August 1892 – 28 March 1978) was one of Finland's leading generals during World War II. He held a string of high staff assignments and front commands, and at the end of the Continuation War commanded three Finnish army cor ...
(1892–1978),
Matti Pärssinen
Matti Pärssinen (20 April 1896, in Pyhäjärvi Vpl – 21 April 1951) was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland
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(1896–1951),
Armas Äikiä (1904–1965) and
Nestori Kaasalainen
Nestor Johannes "Nestori" Kaasalainen (14 February 1915 – 1 March 2016) was a Finnish politician who served twice as Finland's Minister of Agriculture, whose active career spanned the 1950s and 1960s. He was elected from his home town of Ty ...
(1915–2016).
Rural localities in Leningrad Oblast
Karelian Isthmus
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