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Heinävesi Route
Heinävesi (; ) is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Savonlinna, Varkaus, Leppävirta, Tuusniemi, Outokumpu, Finland, Outokumpu and Liperi. The city of Joensuu is located northeast of Heinävesi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. In 2021, Heinävesi had its region reassigned from South Savonia to North Karelia. The only Orthodox Christian monasteries in Finland, the New Valamo Monastery and the Lintula Holy Trinity Convent, are located in Heinävesi. Notable people * Tuomas Gerdt, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross * Onni Happonen, politician and murder victim * Kuikka-Koponen (real name Abel Koponen), illusionist and magician * Minja Koskela, politician, musician and author * Father Akaki, oldest living Finn at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of Finland
Finland is divided into 19 regions (; ) which are governed by regional councils that serve as forums of cooperation for the Municipalities of Finland, municipalities of each region. The councils are composed of delegates from the municipal councils. The main tasks of regional councils are regional planning, the development of enterprises, and education. Between 2004 and 2012, the regional council of Kainuu was elected via popular elections as part of an experimental regional administration. In 2022, new Wellbeing services counties of Finland, Wellbeing services counties were established as part of a health care and social services reform. The wellbeing services counties follow the regional borders, and are governed by directly elected county councils. Åland One region, Åland, has a special status and has a much higher degree of autonomy than the others, with its own Parliament of Åland, Parliament and local laws, due to its history of Åland, unique history and the fact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joensuu
Joensuu (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Karelia. It is located in the eastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Joensuu is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the ninth most populous urban area in the country. Joensuu was founded in 1848 by the Russian Emperor Nicholas I. The city is located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä, the northern part of Lake Saimaa, at the mouth of the River Pielinen. The nearest major city, Kuopio in North Savonia, is located to the west. From Joensuu, the distance to Lappeenranta, the capital of South Karelia, is along Highway 6. As is typical of cities in Eastern Finland, Joensuu is monolingually Finnish. Along with Kuopio, Joensuu is one of major urban, economic, and cultural hubs of Eastern Finland. Joensuu is a student city with a subsidiary of the University of Eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varistaipale Canal
Varistaipale canal () is a Finnish canal in Heinävesi. It is another of the canals which connects Juojärvi to Varisvesi. The canal is a part of Heinävesi route ( Heinäveden reitti), a route with six canals: Kerma, Vihovuonne, Pilppa, Karvio, Taivallahti and Varistaipale canals. The canal was built in 1911–1913 and has four locks. It is the biggest canal in Finland being the only canal to have this many locks. The height of drop totals and the length is . Next to the canal there is a canal museum. See also * Saimaa canal The Saimaa Canal (; ; ) is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland near Vyborg, Russia. The canal was built from 1845 to 1856 and opened on 7 September 1856 (Old Style: 26 August 1856). It was overhauled and wi ..., the longest canal in Finland Sources Varistaipale canal * Heinäveden historia II (The History of Heinävesi II), 1989. External links * 1913 establishments in Finland Canals in Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Valamo Monastery
New Valamo or New Valaam (, or more informally, especially in the postal address: ''Uusi-Valamo'', , ) is an Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monastery in Heinävesi, Finland. The monastery was established in its present location in 1940. However, the tradition of the Valaam Monastery, Valamo monastery dates back to 1717. The monastery was then originally established on Valaam (also known historically by the Finnish name ''Valamo'') which is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation. The New Valamo Monastery is now an active centre of the Orthodox religious life and culture in Finland and welcomes visitors throughout the year. History In 1939, during the Winter War, some 190 monks from the Valaam Monastery, Valamo Monastery in Karelia Evacuation of Finnish Karelia, were evacuated from their old abode on a group of islands in Lake Ladoga in the Viipuri Province to present Eastern Finland. The old Valamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Akaki
Andrei Kuznetsov (27 October 1873 – 30 January 1984, Heinävesi, North Karelia, Finland), commonly known as Father Akaki, was a Russian Orthodox monk who died as the oldest person of Nordic countries and Finland's oldest man ever before Aarne Arvonen. Biography As a teenager, Kuznetsov went to a monastery because he wanted to avoid the Russian Army. Kuznetsov went to Solovetsky Monastery on the island in the White Sea. He began work as a stable hand, at which he continued until he was 90. In 1898, he went to Petsamo's Pechenga Monastery where he became a monk in 1913 after 15 years of being in the monastery. He took the name Akaki after Akathist the Bishop of Malta. Monastery life was disrupted during the Winter and Continuation War and the monks moved in 1942 to New Valamo monastery in Heinävesi, where the Valaam Monastery monks were transferred because of the war. Father Akaki still worked as a stable hand until the age of 90 when the monastery stopped keeping horses. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Finland
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The Parliament consists of 200 members, 199 of whom are elected every four years from 13 multi-member districts electing 6 to 37 members using the proportional D'Hondt method. In addition, there is one member from Åland. Legislation may be initiated by either the Finnish Government, Government or one of the members of Parliament. The Parliament passes legislation, decides on the state budget, approves international treaties, and supervises the activities of the government. It may bring about the resignation of the Finnish Government, override presidential vetoes, and alter the constitution. To make changes to the constitution, amendments must be approved by two successive parliaments, with an election c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minja Koskela
Minja Koskela (born 1987) is a Finnish musician, author, politician, member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature, and chair of the Left Alliance. She has represented Helsinki since April 2023 as member of the Left Alliance. Early life Koskela was born in 1987. Her father was a policeman and her mother a dental hygienist. She has three younger sisters. Aged three, she joined the Päijät-Häme conservatory's play school in Lahti. In the second year of high school she moved to Helsinki to study at Sibelius High School. After high school she founded the Mitäs tytöt collective. Koskela studied music at the Sibelius Academy and gender studies at the University of Tampere. She has master's degree in social science and a doctorate in music. Writings and education career Koskela was a music teacher for five years before taking a leave of absence to write her dissertation, ''Democracy Through Pop? Thinking with Intersectionality in Popular Music Education in Finni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuikka-Koponen
Kuikka-Koponen (born Abel Koponen; December 1, 1833 in Heinävesi – December 12, 1890) was an illusionist and magician in folklore from Savo in Finland. He was a hypnotist and escapologist. Selected works * Marjut Hjelt (toim.): ''Kuikka-Koponen: Tarinoita savolaisesta silmänkääntäjästä. 2. täydennetty painos. Folklore-sarja.'' Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura The Finnish Literature Society ( or ) was founded in 1831 to promote literature written in Finnish. Among its first publications was the '' Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic. The society is the oldest Finnish publisher still in operation ..., 1998. . * Markku Turunen: ''Kuikka-Koponen (+näytelmäsovitus Savonlinnan kaupunginteatterille 1999)''. Gummerus, 1998. . * Marjut Kivelä: ''Kuikka-Koponen.'' Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1980. . * Juttuja Kuikka-Koposesta, Lapatossusta Ym.. Kirjapaino Teho H:ki, 1944. References 1833 births 1890 deaths 19th-century people from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onni Happonen
Onni Happonen (21 May 1898 – 1 September 1930) was a Finnish politician representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland. He was kidnapped and murdered by the fascist Lapua Movement. Happonen was born in Pölläkkä, Heinävesi, Southern Savonia. He was a construction entrepreneur and the chairman of the Heinävesi municipal council. As a politician, Happonen often argued with local landowners who were supporters or members of the Lapua Movement and the paramilitary right-wing White Guard. Together with the Ståhlberg kidnapping, the Peasant March and the Mäntsälä rebellion, the Happonen murder is one of the major incidents involving the Lapua Movement. Death Happonen had already been kidnapped and beaten in July 1930. Instead of the police, Happonen contacted the Governor Albin Pulkkinen who ordered his protection. However, on 1 September 1930, a fascist mob rushed the council meeting at the Heinävesi town hall. Happonen fled to the back room where he tried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannerheim Cross
The Mannerheim Cross (, ), officially Mannerheim Cross of the Cross of Liberty (, ) is the most distinguished Finnish military honour. A total of 191 people received the cross between 22 July 1941 and 7 May 1945, with six of the recipients receiving a cross twice. Available in two classes, the 1st class medal has only been awarded twice, with both recipients also having received the medal in the 2nd class. Although still active ''de jure'', no crosses have been awarded since 1945. Tuomas Gerdt, the last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, died on 1 November 2020. Description The honour, proposed by and named after Field Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim, was introduced after the Winter War on 16 December 1940. Associated with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, the decoration was awarded to soldiers for exceptional bravery, for the achievement of crucially important objectives by combat, or for especially successfully conducted operations. Unlike other awards associated with the Order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuomas Gerdt
Kaiho Tuomas Albin Gerdt (28 May 1922 – 1 November 2020) was a Finnish soldier and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, numbered #95. He was born in Heinävesi. Gerdt, serving as a junior runner officer in the infantry regiment 7, was awarded the Mannerheim Cross on 8 September 1942. At that time he held the rank of a sergeant. After coming home from the war on 13 November 1944, Gerdt worked as a manager in Oy Wilh. Schauman Ab and as an office manager in Oy Kaukas Ab and Kymmene Oy.Hurmerinta 2008, p. 62. Gerdt, serving as the chairman of the Mannerheim Cross Knight Foundation, was the last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross. Military career When the attack phase of the Continuation War started, Gerdt was serving as the runner of the chief of the machine gun unit. Gerdt had to maintain contact with the chief of his company in severe artillery fire during the Pääsiäisvaara battle on 1 July 1941. He was wounded in the head on the same day, but returned to his unit as a juni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lintula Holy Trinity Convent
Lintula Holy Trinity Convent or Lintula Convent ( or ; ) is a small Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Christian convent located in Palokki, Heinävesi, Finland, close to the New Valamo Monastery. The current leader of the monastery is Abbess Ksenia. The monastery is the only Orthodox nunnery in the Nordics. Establishment The Lintula nunnery was originally founded in 1895 as a community of Russian nuns in Kivennava, Karelia, near the Russian border at the time. The Lintula monastery in Kivennava started when the privy councilor F. P. Neronov donated a farm from Karjalankannas in the village of Lintula in Kivennava to establish the monastery in 1894. Actually, this first phase of the women's monastery, the women's community of Lintula's Holy Trinity, was founded the following year. Since then, the community got the status of a monastery. Lintula monastery got its name from the nearby village and river. The establishment was not easy, because Finland still had legislation from the time o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
