Translated from Finnish, “suo” means a swamp, “järvi” means a lake. The city of Suojärvi is the administrative center of the Suojärvi district of the Republic of Karelia. The population in Suojärvi is 9,800 people. The area justifies the name given to it, lakes occupy about 130 thousand hectares (9% of the area), swamps - 341 thousand hectares (25%).
The city is located 137 km from Petrozavodsk, in the south of Karelia. This is a railway junction, the center of the woodworking industry in the Republic of Karelia. A very promising industry is tourism - sports and environmental. The picturesque nature of Lake Suojärvi, the coast of which began to be inhabited since the XIV century, attracts people here at the present time.
Photo Suoyarvi (Karelia) is striking in its beauty.
The history of the territory from ancient times
The coast of Lake Suojärvi interested people in the XIV century, at which time the first settlements in the area formed. In the chronicles of 1500, Kaipaa settlement is mentioned, located on the southern shore of the lake (currently urban buildings), with about 20 houses.
In 1617, the territory of the city was part of the Kingdom of Sweden.
During the reign of Peter Ι, during the Northern War, the entire territory of Old Finland became part of the Russian Kingdom. The Vyborg Province of St. Petersburg Province was formed.
In 1804, an iron smelter was built on the territory of the settlement.
In 1811, the Principality of Finland was formed as part of the Russian Empire and the territory of the district was included in it.
In 1917, after the October Revolution, the principality became an independent state of Finland.
From 1918 to 1940 The city of Suoyarvi (Karelia) was part of Finland.
In 1926, a sawmill and a cardboard factory were built here.
Soviet period in the history of the city
In 1939, the Russo-Finnish war began, after which, in 1940, a peace treaty was signed, part of the Vyborg province became part of the USSR. At this time, the Suojärvi District was formed.
In 1940, the Suoyarvi-Petrozavodsk railway line was launched.
By 1941, about 8 thousand people lived in the district, about 19 collective farms were created, 24 schools and 8 libraries were opened. The Ignoil Hydroelectric Power Station, which is located 30 km from the city of Suojärvi, was built and launched, thus, the problem of the energy supply of the district and the city was solved.
The city of Suoyarvi from the very beginning of World War II was occupied by the Finnish army and was liberated by Soviet troops only in 1944.
Modernity
Currently, the district has about 18 schools, 17 kindergartens, 3 music schools, a children's sports school and an art school. Two regional hospitals accept patients. On the territory of the city and the district, 189 enterprises operate.
For a long time, the city-forming enterprise was considered the cardboard factory of the city of Suojärvi, but in 2012 the company went bankrupt. In 2013, the factory underwent massive layoffs of workers, and at present the situation has not improved, the company's debt has not been resolved either at the local or regional level.
Suoyarvi in ​​Karelia is a fairly large city and a railway junction. There are two stations.
sights
According to the project of Irina Soboleva, in 2010 in the city of Suoyarvi in ​​Karelia the building of the Church of the Nativity of Christ was built. A temple was erected on the hill of Barskaya Gorka, which offers a picturesque view of the lake and the city.
Attraction of the city of Suoyarvi Karelia is the “Island of Love”, a small island on the lake, which leads to a wooden bridge. In Soviet times, there was a leisure park, with playgrounds, carousels and a boat station. But, at present, the state of both the bridge and the island is very poor.
A mass grave is located on the territory of the city, where Soviet soldiers who died in battle during the war were buried. In the square on Victory Street there is a monument to Peter Tikilyainen, Hero of the USSR, who died during the liberation of the city.
Landmark and decoration of the city and the district are the building of the railway station at Kaipaa Station and the building of the House of Children's Creativity, built in 1930.
In the city itself there are very few attractions and architectural monuments, but in the area the tourist has something to see.
The architectural attractions of the area are the 17th-century chapel, which is located in the village of Veshkelitsa, and the historical buildings of the villages of Pavshoyla and Kaalamba.