Bolshoy Tyuters

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Bolshoi Tyuters (Russian: Большой Тютерс; Finnish: Tytärsaari; Estonian: Suur-Tütarsaar; Swedish: Tytterskär) is an island in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, located 75 km away from the coast of Finland, to the east from Hogland. The island is a part of the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The area is approximately 8.3 sq km. There are no permanent inhabitants, save for a lighthouse keeper. Bolshoi Tyuters has been known as the "mined island" because its minefields have not been cleared since World War II. Was populated by Finnish from 16th century to 1939 when the Soviet Union attacked Finland in the Winter War and the island among the other Finnish islands in the Gulf of Finland and communities in Finnish Karelia had to be ceded to Soviet Union 1940. It was a lively Finnish fisher and trading community with population 436 (1939). Many cargo and fishing ships were registered to the island. It had a 1772 build wooden church, Finnish graveyard, school, 1904 built lighthouse, Finnish Coast Guard station and weather forecast station. Tourism was growing livelyhood in 1920-39. Islanders were among Evacuation of Finnish Karelia After the war they were not permitted to return back to their homes like the rest of 422,000 Soviet evicted Finns. The name Tytärsaari means in Finnish - "Daughter Island" .