Lipovka, Leningrad Oblast Explained

Lipovka (Russian: Липовка, Finnish: Hannila) is a rural locality and a railway station in Kamennogorsk, Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located by the Vyborg-Joensuu railroad 30 kilometres north of Vyborg. The railway station was opened in 1892 for transporting timber.[1] It is still known with the old Finnish name Hannila (Ха́ннила).

Hannila was one of the sites of the 1918 Finnish Civil War Battle of Antrea.[2]

References

  1. Book: Iltanen. 2010. Radan varrella. Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat. Helsinki. Karttakeskus. 398. 978-951-59321-4-3.
  2. Seitsonen . Oula . Kunnas . Liisa . Ahvola 1918: Archaeological Reconnaissance of a Finnish Civil War Battlefield . Journal of Conflict Archaeology . 2009 . 2 . 61 . 15 December 2016 .

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