Pitkäranta

Novgorod land

The village was first mentioned as a Village on the Long Shore near Lake Ladoga ^[2] in the census census book of the Vodskaya Pyatina of Novgorod land for 1499. Initially, the village was part of the land of Nikolsko-Serdobolsky graveyard , as it was located on the way from Mr. Veliky Novgorod to the city of Serdobol . The settlement of Novgorodians at the founding site of the current Pitkäranta consisted of 3 courtyards, in which about 30 people, who provided the Novgorod trade route, lived on an ongoing basis.

The Kingdom of Sweden (1617-1721)

According to the results of the Russian-Swedish war of 1610-1617, according to the Stolbovsky Treaty of 1617, the churchyard went to the Kingdom of Sweden, becoming part of the Impilax Chapel ^[3] . Along with the Orthodox population , Lutherans appear in the city.

In the years 1632-1634, Kexholm Flax was formed. It was divided into two parts - northern and southern flax. The “Village on the Long Shore” turned out to be part of the northern Kexholm County. During the Russian-Swedish wars, the settlement for many years passed from hand to hand.

Russian Empire (1721-1917)

At the end of the Northern War, according to the Nystadt Peace Treaty of 1721, all territories of Finland and Novgorod land were transferred to Russia . Since the 18th century, the settlement is mentioned in Russian documents as a village in the Impilahti pogost , that is, in accordance with the old Swedish name for the settlement of Impilaks. In the territory conquered from Sweden, the Vyborg province was formed.

During the reign of Catherine I (1725-1727), the churchyard belonged to the court of the Empress Count Brucken. In 1727, the Impilahti Pogost became a palace land, from 1730 to 1764 belonged to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, in 1764-1797 it was the property of the Imperial College of Saving, and after that it was transferred to the state treasury ^[4] .

In the 1800s , mining developed in Pitkerando , iron and silver were mined, and the Pitkerandsky Plant was opened .

In 1811, the Vyborg province was included by Emperor Alexander I in the newly formed Grand Duchy of Finland , which included the Pitkerand factory.

In 1847, the county of Salmi was formed ( Swe . Salmis härad , Fin. Salmin kihlakunta ) with a center in the village of Salmis .

At the end of the 19th century, the city was developing rapidly: sawmills appeared, a red ocher mining plant and a glass factory opened, which since 1889 became one of the main suppliers of bottles in the region.

Finland (1918-1940)

In 1918, the Pitkeranda plant was renamed Pitkäranta and became part of the Vyborg province of independent Finland .

In 1932, traffic began on a 43-kilometer railway line from Lyaskel to Pitkäranta, and in 1933 the railway continued on to Alaluksu.

USSR

After the Winter War in 1940, the eastern part of Vyborg Province was transferred to the Soviet Union under the Moscow Peace Treaty . The northern part of the new territory was included in the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, transformed into the Karelian-Finnish SSR . In July 1940, regionalization was carried out - among others, the Pitkäranta district was formed with the administrative center in Salmi .

The status of the city was assigned on July 9, 1940. During the Soviet-Finnish War of 1941-1944, Finnish troops again occupied the city, but were forced to leave it in August 1944. ^[five]

On December 28, 1966, the Pitkäranta region was restored. Currently, it consists of four rural and Pitkäranta urban settlements (a city with the villages of Yularistioi , Uuksu , Koyrinoi ).

The coat of arms was approved in December 1990 (author - architect G. M. Yards).

In the upper part of the coat of arms on a red background is the name of the city - the administrative center of Pitkäranta district. The emblem is a shield divided horizontally in two by two wavy stripes of golden color. Above them, against a blue background, is shown a sail twisted in the form of a retort, running along the waves, symbolizing the activity of the pulp and paper industry. The lower green field shows the compass arrows arranged in a single sign and two crossed mountain Kyle, symbolizing a long-standing mining for the extraction of iron and copper.

- Heraldry of Karelia

• The average annual temperature is 2.7 ° C
• Relative humidity - 79.3%
• Average wind speed - 3.0 m / s

As of January 1, 2019, in terms of population, the city was in 910th place out of 1115 ^[22] cities of the Russian Federation ^[23] .

• Municipal Institution of Culture “Pitkyaranta City Museum of Local Lore named after V. F. Sebina ”(opened in 1969) ^[24]
• Municipal cultural institution “Pitkyaranta City House of Culture”, founded in 1976.
• In 1967 ^[25] , the Children and Youth Sports School was established in the city of Pitkäranta, the first director was Voronov Peter Ivanovich.

By the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 29, 2014 No. 1398-r “On approval of the list of single-industry towns”, the city was included in the category “Single-industry municipalities of the Russian Federation (single-industry towns) with the most difficult socio-economic situation” ^[26] .

In the city is located the Pitkäranta Pulp Mill . In the city's economy, the leading place was occupied by the timber and mining complex.

The city has a train station. Passenger service was discontinued in 2015.

• Peräkylä ( Fin. Peräkylä )

The oldest part of the village, where farmers settled, and also housed a school and a store. It bordered on other areas of the village - Rannankylä and Petäjäklä.

• Petäjäkylä ( Fin. Petäjäkylä )

Petäjäkylä started from the Market Square. In addition, an Orthodox church, a public school and a stadium were located here.

• Rannankylä ( Fin. Rannankylä )

There were a railway station, a railway station, a Russian school, a marina, a shopping center, a post office, a pharmacy and an office of the People's Joint-Stock Bank.

• Riceus ( Fin. Riseys )

Here was the building of the defense organization Suoeluskunta (schyutskor) and a casino ^[27] .

• Tehdas ( Fin. Tehdas )

Memorial of Glory in memory of Soviet soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War, with the tomb of the Unknown Soldier (project author architect Yu. Yu. Karma) ^[28] .

Preserved monuments of history and culture. ^[29]

In 2000, the construction of the Orthodox wooden church of the Ascension ^{[30] was completed.} The temple was built a few meters from the Church of the Ascension Church destroyed during the years of Soviet rule ^[31] .

• Blue road , tourist route (Norway-Sweden-Finland-Russia)

• Sidorovich V. D. Pitkyaranta. - Petrozavodsk: "Karelia", 1975. - 126 p.: Ill. - (Cities and regions of Karelia)
• Xenophont P.A. Pitkyaranta. - Petrozavodsk: “Karelia”, 1986. - 152 p.: Ill. - (Cities and regions of Karelia)
• Karelia: encyclopedia : in 3 tons / hl. ed. A.F. Titov. T. 2: K - P. - Petrozavodsk: Publishing House PetroPress, 2009. - 464 pp., Ill., Maps. - S. 387 ISBN 978-5-8430-0125-4 (t. 2)

• Pitkaranta today
• Photos of Pitkyaranta
• Historical Overview of the City of Pitkäranta
• Marietta Shaginyan “Pitkyaranta” (1948)
• Topographic maps
• Site of the Museum of Local Lore V. F. Sebina
• Pitkyaranta Children and Youth Sports School (Russian) .
• New Ladoga. Sport on top. (Russian) .
• New Ladoga. All faster. (Russian) .
• New Ladoga. Once and finish! (Russian) .
• New Ladoga. In the top five. (Russian) .
• New Ladoga. Our third place. (Russian) .
• New Ladoga. Summer "hundred". (Russian) .
• Petrozavodsk Sports (Russian) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 14, 2014. Archived November 26, 2014.