Lake Tolvajärvi (; ) is a group of lakes in the Republic of Karelia, in the Ladoga Karelia. It is a part of the Vuoksi drainage basin. The group of lakes have flows through rivers to the Finnish Lake Pielinen.

History

Before the

Winter War The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peac ...

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

References

LTolvayarvi {{RepublicofKarelia-geo-stub Lakes of the Suoyarvsky District