Otradnoye (; ) is a
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...
(a settlement at the railway station) in
Priozersky District
Priozersky District () is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #50-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Leningrad Oblast, seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and ...
of
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast (, ; ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Russian census, 2021 Census); up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Russian census ...
and a railway station of the
Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railway, located on the
Karelian Isthmus
The Karelian Isthmus (; ; ) is the approximately stretch of land situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva. Its northwestern boundary is a line from the Bay of Vyborg to the we ...
at the western shore of
Lake Otradnoye
Lake Otradnoye (; ) is a lake on Karelian Isthmus, in the Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, south of the town of Priozersk. It is in area and its drainage basin is .
Lake Otradnoye is the source of the Pionerka (Pyhäjöki) River which fl ...
(Lake Pyhäjärvi).
Before the
Winter War
The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peac ...
and
Continuation War
The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet–Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. It began with a Finnish declaration of war on 25 June 1941 and ended on 19 ...
, it was the
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of the Pyhäjärvi Municipality in
Viipuri Province
Viipuri Province was a Historical provinces of Finland, historical province of Finland from 1812 to 1945.
History
The predecessor of the province was Vyborg Governorate, which was established in 1744 from territories ceded by the Swedish Empi ...
of
Finland
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. It is birthplace of
Juhana Toiviainen (1879–1937),
Karl Lennart Oesch
Karl Lennart Oesch (8 August 1892 – 28 March 1978) was one of Finland's leading generals during World War II. He held a string of high staff assignments and front commands, and at the end of the Continuation War commanded three Finnish army co ...
(1892–1978),
Matti Pärssinen
Matti Pärssinen (20 April 1896 in Pyhäjärvi Vpl – 21 April 1951) was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sove ...
(1896–1951),
Armas Äikiä (1904–1965),
Väinö Kaasalainen (1902–1955) and
Nestori Kaasalainen
Nestor Johannes "Nestori" Kaasalainen (14 February 1915 – 1 March 2016) was a Finnish politician who served twice as Finland's Minister of Agriculture, whose active career spanned the 1950s and 1960s. He was elected from his home town of T ...
(1915–2016).
Rural localities in Leningrad Oblast
Karelian Isthmus
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