Khiytola

Khiytola (Russian: Хийтола; Finnish: Hiitola) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

History

The Finnish name of the settlement (Hiitola) derives from "Hiisi", the name of a forest spirit in the Karelian-Finnish mythology.[1]

Before the Winter War it was a municipality of the Viipuri Province of Finland.

Khiytola railway station is a railway junction of the Vyborg–Joensuu and St. Petersburg–Khiytola railways. It has direct suburban connections with Vyborg, Sortavala, and Kuznechnoye. A long-distance train between St. Petersburg and Kostomuksha calls at Khiytola every second day.[2]

Eeva Kilpi (b. 1928), feminist writer
Martti Talvela (1935–1989), opera singer (see, for example, Pekka Hako, The Unforgettable Martti Talvela/Unohtumaton Martti Talvela, 2005)

gollark: So many nocturnes.

gollark: The AP is flooded with useless nocturnes.

gollark: That's banned anyway.

gollark: Well, that's suspiciously suspicious.

gollark: I think most people keep drægons unnamed though.

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