Gavrilovo

Platform in the Gavrilovo station

Gavrilovo (Russian: Гаврилово, Finnish: Kämärä) is a rural locality in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It is located 108 kilometres northwest of Saint Petersburg and 22 kilometres of Vyborg.[1]

History

The village was born after 1881 when the railway station was opened. During the Finnish period, it was a part of the municipality of Kuolemajärvi, Viipuri Province.[2] The original name was Kämärä, it was renamed Gavrilovo in 1948 as the village had become a part of the Soviet Union after the World War II.[3]

Gavrilovo was the site of the Battle of Kämärä, the first battle of the Finnish Civil War in 27 January 1918.

References

  1. ↑ "ГАВРИЛОВО". TransLogist (in Russian). Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kuolemajärven kylät". The Kuolemajärvi Foundation (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Справочник переименований: Выборгский район". Зимняя война (in Russian). Retrieved 30 January 2017.

Coordinates: 60°35′29″N 29°02′36″E / 60.591492°N 29.043417°E / 60.591492; 29.043417


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