Monday, March 10, 2025

Russia - Karelia Republic - Sortavala


Sortavala. Liseo. Architect J. Ahrenberg. 1901.

Sent by Oksana from Karelia Republic, Russia.

Sortavala (RussianСортавалаFinnish and KarelianSortavalaSwedishSordavala), previously known as Serdobol (Сердоболь) until 1918, is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga near the Finnish border, 246 kilometres (153 mi) west of Petrozavodsk, the capital city of the Republic of Karelia. The closest city on the Finnish side of the border is Joensuu, which is located 136 kilometres (85 mi) from Sortavala. In 2021, the population of Sortavala was 19,215 (read further).

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