Impilahti

It is located 27 km to the north-west by road from the city of Pitkäranta , on the shores of the eponymous Gulf of Lake Ladoga .

The earliest information about Impilahti dates back to the 16th century . In the census census book of Vodskaya Pyatina of 1500, in the description of Nikolsky Serdovolsky graveyard of Novgorod land, the following settlements are mentioned in the region of the current village:

• “The village of Imbilaksha on the Inbin pillow near Lake Ladoga in a log” (3 yards) - in the Ostrovsky Perevar;
• “Imbilaksha village over Lakhtoy” (1 yard) - in Ostrovsky Perevar;
• “Gunushkovo village on the Inba pillow” (4 yards) - in Arenda’s recess;
• “Inbilaksha village” (2 courtyards) - in the Keresyur reign;
• “The village on the Imbilskiy pillowcase” (4 yards) - in the Undoyal Perevar;
• “The village of Imbilaksha at Lake Ladoga in Lakhta” (1 yard).

The first five villages at the time of the description belonged to the Karelian governor. The latter belonged to the possessions of the Valaam monastery .

In 1617, under the terms of the Stolbovsky Peace Treaty , Impilahti, together with the rest of the Korel County, became part of Sweden.

In 1721, under the Nystadt Peace Treaty, the village was returned to the Russian Empire. From 1744, it was part of the Vyborg province , which in 1811 became part of the Grand Duchy of Finland .

In 1870, a school was opened in the city. A sawmill operated from 1873. In 1932 the railway of Lyaskel - Pitkäranta was completed; she walked three kilometers from the church (not preserved).

Since 1917, Impilahti has been part of Finland, which has gained independence.

After the end of the Soviet-Finnish war (1939-1940), the village was transferred to the USSR , on July 9, 1940 it became part of the Pitkäranta region of the Karelian-Finnish SSR .

During the Soviet-Finnish war (1941-1944) from July 1941 to September 1944, the locality was occupied by Finnish troops, a camp for Soviet prisoners of war No. 10 was located in the village ^[2] .

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Karelian-Finnish SSR of December 30, 1944, Impilahti was assigned to the category of workers' settlements ; in 1991 it was again transformed into a rural settlement.

From May 23, 1957, it was part of the Sortavala region (from February 1, 1963 to January 12, 1965 - as part of the Ladoga rural region), from December 30, 1966 - again as part of the Pitkyaranta region.

There are historical monuments in the village: ^[9]

• Mass grave of Soviet paratrooper soldiers of the 99th Guards Rifle Division (37th Guards Corps, 7th Army of the Karelian Front), who died during the Soviet-Finnish War (1941-1944) ^[10]
• Cemetery of Soviet prisoners of war (1941-1942)
• Cemetery of Finnish warriors (1939-1944)

Ahola Valo, Alexander is a Finnish artist.

• Bolotnaya St.
• Station Street
• Green Street
• Komsomolskaya St.
• Ladoga st.
• Forest Street
• New st.
• Pioneer Street
• Garden lane
• Soviet street
• Sortavala sh.
• Chekistov St.
• School Street

• Karelia: encyclopedia: in 3 tons / hl. ed. A.F. Titov. T. 1: A - Y. - Petrozavodsk: Publishing House PetroPress, 2007. P. 369-400 p .: ill., Maps. ISBN 978-5-8430-0123-0 (t. 1)