Why visit Vyartsilya
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About Vyartsilya
Vyartsilya (Russian: Вя́ртсиля; Finnish: Värtsilä) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Sortavala in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located near the border with Finland, 256 kilometers (159 mi) west of Petrozavodsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 3,080.
From the Wikipedia article Vyartsilya (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks2
Restaurants and cafes3
Churches and places of worship1
Shopping6
History
An ancient settlement existed in the area of the present settlement as early as the first millennium BC. Its traces were found in 1935 by the Finnish archaeologist Sakari Pälsi.
Vyartsilya was first mentioned in the salary books for 1499–1500 years, the village then numbered three courtyards and was part of the Vodskaya Pyatina of Novgorod Land.
In 1617, according to the Stolbovsky Treaty, the territory on which Vyartsilya was located was transferred by Russia to Sweden.
Later, the settlement became part of the Grand Duchy of Finland of the Russian Empire. In 1834, a small sawmill was built. In 1851, a metallurgical plant was built in Vyartsilya on the site of a sawmill for melting lake and swamp iron ore (it works to this day, but cast iron and steel smelting is no longer produced). The Finnish engineering company Wärtsilä traces its history back to the creation of these enterprises.
During the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940, the village suffered greatly.
Vyartsilya became part of the Karelo-Finnish SSR of the USSR under the terms of the Moscow Treaty of 1940.
From the History section of Vyartsilya on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
- Ruskeala 28 km south, about 28 min by car
- Yanis’yarvi 34 km southeast, about 34 min by car
- Kharlu 43 km south, about 43 min by car
- Lyaskelya 49 km south, about 49 min by car
- Khelyulya 49 km south, about 49 min by car
- Sortavala 52 km south, about 52 min by car
- Lakhdenpokh’ya 78 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Pitkyaranta 79 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Здание вокзала на станции Вяртсиля, Avsolov, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Юуванйоки, Scaut2002, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Юуванйоки 5, Scaut2002, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Пгт Вяртсиля 2, Scaut2002, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Юуванйоки 6, Scaut2002, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Пгт Вяртсиля 3, Scaut2002, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Памятник В.И.Ленину, Вяртсиля, Avsolov, CC BY-SA 4.0
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