Lupra ( Fin. Lupra ) - a former Finnish village in the Priozersky district of the Leningrad region , was located about 3 km northwest of the modern village of Slavyanka [1] . After inclusion in the USSR, it also bore the names Upper Gorki (the result of the renaming of 1948 [2] ) and Gorky [3] .
| The village now does not exist | |
| Lupra | |
|---|---|
| fin. Lupra | |
| A country |  Russia |
| Subject of the federation | Leningrad region |
| Municipal District | Priozersky |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 3 |
Lupra consisted of 4 parts [3] , the inhabitants were mainly engaged in animal husbandry, donating milk and piglets to the reception center of the Sakkola station ( Gromovo ).
Currently, only one Finnish house has been preserved. The nearest town is Sapernoe ( Fin. Valkjärvi ). Nearby is the picturesque lake Lupranjärvi ( Fin. Lupranjärvi ) with a small island.
Notes
- ↑ Maps of the Red Army. The pre-war General Staff online. . This is Place.ru (1941). Date of treatment December 5, 2014.
- ↑ Toponymic directory of renaming of settlements on the Karelian Isthmus . The city of Vyborg. Date of treatment December 13, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Balashov E.A., Shitov D.I. Karelian Isthmus: Eastern sector: Rautu-Sakkola (Sosnovo-Gromovo) . - Publishing house V.V. Valdina's "New Time", 2007.