Suoyarvi

Suoyarvi
Суоярви
Suojärvi (Karelian/Finnish)
Town
Other transcription(s)
 • Karelian/FinnishSuojärvi
A street in Suoyarvi
A street in Suoyarvi
Flag of Suoyarvi
Flag
Coat of arms of Suoyarvi
Coat of arms
Interactive map of Suoyarvi
Suoyarvi is located in Russia
Suoyarvi
Suoyarvi
Location of Suoyarvi
Suoyarvi is located in Karelia
Suoyarvi
Suoyarvi
Suoyarvi (Karelia)
Coordinates: 62°05′N 32°21′E / 62.083°N 32.350°E / 62.083; 32.350
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Karelia
Administrative districtSuoyarvsky District
First mentioned1589
Town status since1940
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total
9,766
 • Estimate 
(2023)
6,819 (−30.2%)
 • Capital ofSuoyarvsky District
 • Municipal districtSuoyarvsky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementSuoyarvskoye Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofSuoyarvsky Municipal District, Suoyarvskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (UTC+03:00 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal codes
186870, 186872Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID86650101001
Websitesuojarvi-gp.ucoz.ru

Suoyarvi (Russian: Суоя́рви; Karelian: Suojärvi; Finnish: Suojärvi) is a town and the administrative center of Suoyarvsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Petrozavodsk. Population: 9,766 (2010 census); 11,600 (2002 census); 11,772 (1989 Soviet census).

History

Historical affiliations

It is known that during the 16th and 17th centuries a settlement existed here known as Shuyezersky pogost (a Russian form of the local Karelian name, meaning "swampy lake"). The first documented mention dates from 1589 when Suoyarvi is recorded as church community controlled by the Orthodox community of Sortavala.[citation needed] In 1630, Suoyarvi became an independent community.

An outcome of the Winter War was that most of West Karelia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, when Suoyarvi was granted town status.[citation needed] In August 1941, the territory was re-occupied by Finnish troops, but as part of the wider post-war settlement, it reverted to the Soviets in 1944; it was the second largest territory by area (after Petsamo) ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union following the Continuation War. Before the occupation, Suoyarvi was geographically the easternmost municipality of Finland.

Suoyarvi had its own dialects of the Karelian language before the area was ceded to the Soviet Union and its inhabitants were relocated to other parts of Finland. Most of the Karelian people in the former municipality spoke a variety of South Karelian (suvikarjala), while the villages in the Hyrsylä (Khyursyulya) salient, which also included Ignoila (Ignoyla) and Hautavaara (Khautavaara), spoke a Livvi dialect instead.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Suoyarvi serves as the administrative center of Suoyarvsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Suoyarvi is incorporated within Suoyarvsky Municipal District as Suoyarvskoye Urban Settlement.

Transportation

The town serves as a railway junction along the railway line linking Helsinki with St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk. From Suoyarvi, a line branches off to Yushkozero and Kostomuksha. In the Cold War it was the nearest town to the Maysionvara airbase.

Sister city

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #871-RZK
  2. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Law #813-RZK
  4. ↑ Law #825-ZRK
  5. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ↑ "Suomen strategisin alue joutui tahtomattaan kriisiin, ja nyt tapahtuu sama kuin sata vuotta sitten". Yle (in Finnish). February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Murteet - Karjalan sivistysseura". karjalansivistysseura.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved August 16, 2022.

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