Vyartsilya (russian: Вя́ртсиля; fi, Värtsilä) is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) under the administrative jurisdiction of the
town of republic significance of
Sortavala in the
Republic of Karelia,
Russia
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, located near the
border with Finland, west of
Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk (russian: Петрозаводск, p=pʲɪtrəzɐˈvotsk; Karelian, Vepsian and fi, Petroskoi) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population ...
, the
capital of the republic. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 3,080.
History
Before World War II, Vyartsilya was part of the Finnish
Värtsilä.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
status was granted to it in 1946.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, the
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
of Vyartsilya is subordinated to the
town of republic significance of
Sortavala.
As a
municipal division, Vyartsilya is incorporated within Sortavalsky Municipal District
as Vyartsilskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #813-ZRK]
Border crossing
Vyartsilya is a major
border checkpoint
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on the
Finnish–Russian border (to Niirala in
Tohmajärvi
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()
and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. ...
), with about one million people crossing the border annually. It is said that during the
Cold War, from time to time,
exchanges of captured spies occurred there.
Tourism
An international tourist route,
Blue Highway
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Background
After helping found th ...
, goes through Vyartsilya. The Blue Highway goes through four countries from
Mo i Rana
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,
Norway
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, via
Sweden and
Finland
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to
Pudozh
Pudozh (russian: Пудож; krl, Puudoži; vep, Pudož; fi, Puudosi or ') is a town and the administrative center of Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Vodla River east of Petrozavodsk, but traveling by the ...
in
Russia
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.
Notable People
Ales Bialiatski
Ales Viktaravich Bialiatski ( be, Алесь Віктаравіч Бяляцкі, Alieś Viktaravič Bialiacki; born 25 September 1962) is a Belarusian pro-democracy activist and prisoner of conscience known for his work with the Viasna Human ...
(born 1962), Belarusian human rights activist,
2022 Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate
References
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Urban-type settlements in the Republic of Karelia
Populated places established in the 1490s