Suoyarvi

Suoyarvi is a town and the place of business of Suoyarvsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It is known that during the 16th and 17th centuries a settlement existed here called Shuyezersky pogost. The first documented mention dates from 1589 whilst Suoyarvi is recorded as church community managed by means of the Orthodox network of Sortavala. In 1630, Suoyarvi became an unbiased network. An final results of the Winter War became that maximum of West Karelia became occupied with the aid of the Soviet Union in 1940, when Suoyarvi turned into granted metropolis status.

In August 1941, the territory become re-occupied through Finnish troops, but as a part of the broader put up-warfare agreement, it reverted to the Soviets in 1944; it became the second biggest territory by way of region ceded by means of Finland to the Soviet Union following the Continuation War. The town serves as a railway junction alongside the railway line linking St. Petersburg with Petrozavodsk. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Suoyarvi serves as the workplace of Suoyarvsky District, to which it's far without delay subordinated.