Kirjasalo

Kirjasalo
Кирьясало
Village
Inhabitants of Kirjasalo, 1920
Inhabitants of Kirjasalo, 1920
Kirjasalo is located in Leningrad Oblast
Kirjasalo
Kirjasalo
Location of Kirjasalo in Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 60°26′23″N 30°05′52″E / 60.43972°N 30.09778°E / 60.43972; 30.09778
CountryRussia
Federal DistrictNorthwestern Federal District
Federal SubjectLeningrad Oblast
DistrictPriozersky District
Population
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Kirjasalo (Russian: Кирьясало) is an abandoned village in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was located between the Volchya River and the Tunteljoki [fi] on the Karelian Isthmus. Its population was largely composed of Lutheran Ingrian Finns, and the region belonged to the Parish of Lempaala of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria.

History

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The village was first mentioned on a 17th-century map as Koriasilka.[1] Kirjasalo has also been spelled as "Кирьясалы" (Kirjasaly) in older Russian maps, at least between 1885 and the 1920s.[2]

From 1919 to 1920, Kirjasalo served as the capital city of the short-lived separatist Republic of Kirjasalo, also known as North Ingria.[3] During the time of de facto independence, the region would gain its first hospital and proper infrastructure.[4]

In 1926, Kirjasalo became a part of the Finnish Selsoviet (village soviet) called Kuivozovski [fi] until 1936, when the village soviet was abolished.[5] In the mid-1930s the population was a victim of genocide or deported to other areas of the Soviet Union,[5] mostly to Siberia.

During the Continuation War, the Finnish defensive VT-line passed through Kirjasalo.

Demographics

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In 1926, the population makeup of the village did not have a homogeneous population, instead being made up of three-hundred-six Ingrian Finns, fifty-three Russians and three other unspecified populations.[6]

Population graph

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References

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  1. ^ "Исторические карты Всеволожского района | Фрагмент карты Нотебургского лена, начерченной в 1699 году с оригинала первой трети XVII века". vsevinfo.ru. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  2. ^ "Исторические карты Всеволожского района".
  3. ^ Niinistö, Jussi (2016). Heimosotien historia 1918-1922 (in Finnish). Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. ISBN 978-952-222-846-8.
  4. ^ Targiajnen, Michail A. (2001). Ingermanlandskij izlom: borʹba ingermanlandskich finnov v graždanskoj vojne na Severo-Zapade Rossii (1918 - 1920 gg.). S.-Peterburg: Bulanin. ISBN 978-5-86007-269-5.
  5. ^ a b Musajev, V.I. (2001). Polititšeskaja istorija Ingermanlandii v kontse XIX–XX veke. Kišinjov: Nestor-historia. p. 238. ISBN 9975-9606-4-2.
  6. ^ Janson, P.M. (1929). Natsionalnyje menšinstva Leningradskoi oblasti (sbornik materialov). Leningrad: Orgotdel Leningradskogo Oblispolkoma. p. 22.
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