Kirjasalo () is an

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. It was located between the

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and the on the

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. Its population was largely composed of

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, and the region belonged to the

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of Lempaala of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria.

History

The village was first mentioned on a 17th-century map as ''Koriasilka''. Kirjasalo has also been spelled as "Кирьясалы" (''Kirjasaly'') in older Russian maps, at least between 1885 and the 1920s. From 1919 to 1920, Kirjasalo served as the capital city of the short-lived separatist Republic of Kirjasalo, also known as North Ingria. During the time of de facto independence, the region would gain its first hospital and proper infrastructure. In 1926, Kirjasalo became a part of the Finnish

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(village soviet) called until 1936, when the village soviet was abolished. In the mid-1930s the population was a victim of genocide or deported to other areas of the

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, mostly to

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. During the

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, the Finnish defensive VT-line passed through Kirjasalo.

Demographics

In 1926, the population makeup of the village did not have a homogeneous population, instead being made up of three-hundred-six Ingrian Finns, fifty-three

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and three other unspecified populations.

Population graph

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Rural localities in Leningrad Oblast Former populated places in Russia {{LeningradOblast-geo-stub