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Vartius
Vartius, located in Kuhmo, Finland, is a border crossing station on the Finnish side of the Finnish–Russian border. The Russian side of the crossing is called Lyttä. Vartius includes both road and rail crossing points. Village The border station is named after the village of Vartius slightly further south on the shore of the Vartiusjärvi. It can be accessed via the national road 89 through branch 9123. The toponym was first mentioned in 1650 as ''Vartios Jerfui'', referring to the lake. The name is likely derived from the word ''vartio'' (guard), referring to 16th century land disputes between Ostrobothnians and Karelians in the area. References Finland–Russia border crossings Kuhmo {{Finland-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuhmo
Kuhmo (known as ''Kuhmoniemi'' until 1937) is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . It has a borderline of with Russia ( Finnish-Russian border). Neighbour towns are Hyrynsalmi, Lieksa, Nurmes, Ristijärvi, Sotkamo and Suomussalmi. A neighbour city across the Russian border is Kostomuksha. Vartius, one of the border crossing points between Finland and Russia, is located in northern Kuhmo. Kuhmo´s eastern border is located at a drainage divider and town area belongs to drainage basin of Oulujärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. History The first inhabitants arrived in Kuhmo after the last ice-age, around 8000 BCE. Proof of Stone Age habitation has been found around Ontojärvi and Lammasjärvi. Sami people inhabited Kuhmo area until migration from Karelia and Savonia pushed Sami people u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
