Khiytola (Russian: Хийтола; Finnish: Hiitola) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

Khiytola Хийтола
Lenina Street in Hiitola
Location of Khiytola
Khiytola Location of Khiytola Show map of Russia Khiytola Khiytola (Karelia) Show map of Karelia
Coordinates: 61°14′24″N 29°41′21″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Karelia
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [1])
Postal code(s)[2]	186700
OKTMO ID	86618433101

History

The Finnish name of the settlement (Hiitola) derives from "Hiisi", the name of a forest spirit in the Karelian-Finnish mythology.[3]

Before the Winter War it was a municipality of the Viipuri Province of Finland.

Transportation

Khiytola railway station is a railway junction of the Vyborg–Joensuu and St. Petersburg–Khiytola railways. It has direct suburban connections with Vyborg, Sortavala, and Kuznechnoye. A long-distance train between St. Petersburg and Kostomuksha calls at Khiytola every second day.[4]

Notable people

• Eeva Kilpi (b. 1928), feminist writer
• Martti Talvela (1935–1989), opera singer (see, for example, Pekka Hako, The Unforgettable Martti Talvela/Unohtumaton Martti Talvela, 2005)

References

External links

• History of Khiytola (in Russian)

На других языках

[ru] Хийтола