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Coordinates: 60°33′N 30°13′E / 60.550°N 30.217°E / 60.550; 30.217
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'''Sosnovo''' ({{Lang-ru|Сосно́во}}; {{Lang-fi|Rautu}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|settlement]] in [[Priozersky District]] of [[Leningrad Oblast]], [[Russia]], on the [[Karelian Isthmus]], and an important [[train station|railway station]] of the [[Saint Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railroad]]. Population: 5,593 ([[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]]).
[[File:Вокзал на ст. Сосново.JPG|thumb|Sosnovo railway station building (2010).]]
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[[File:Rautu_old_church_1913.jpg|thumb|The old Lutheran church of Rautu destroyed in the [[Finnish Civil War]] in 1918. Photo taken in 1913.]]


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'''Sosnovo''' ({{lang-ru|Сосново}}; {{lang-fi|Rautu}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural locality]] (a logging depot settlement) in [[Priozersky District]] of [[Leningrad Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Karelian Isthmus]], and an important railway station of the [[Saint Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railroad]]. Population: 7,209 ([[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]]);<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> 5,953 ([[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]]).<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref>
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Before the [[Winter War]] (1939–1940) and the [[Continuation War]] (1941–1944), it was the administrative center of the Rautu municipality of [[Viipuri province]] of [[Finland]].

==History==
It was established in 1500 by name of Rautu in Finland. The [[Battle of Rautu (1918)|Battle of Rautu]] was one of the major battles of the 1918 [[Finnish Civil War]]. Population of Rautu was Finnish and mostly [[Lutheran]] until the [[Winter War]] 1939-1940. The Finnish population was evacuated, and the settlement finally ceded to the [[Soviet Union]] after [[Continuation War]] in 1944. The historical name Rautu was changed to the Russian Sosnovo in 1948, as with most historical names of the ceded Finnish Karelian isthmus.

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Before the [[Winter War]] (1939–1940) and the [[Continuation War]] (1941–1944), it was the administrative center of the Rautu municipality of [[Viipuri Province]] of [[Finland]]. Finnish Rautu had population 5909 in 1939.


Prize-winning Russian [[folklore]] ensemble [[Leznaya Skazka]] is located in Sosnovo.
Prize-winning Russian [[folklore]] ensemble [[Leznaya Skazka]] is located in Sosnovo.


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Latest revision as of 13:46, 3 March 2024

For other places with the same name, see Sosnovo.

60°33′N 30°13′E / 60.550°N 30.217°E / 60.550; 30.217

Sosnovo railway station building (2010).
The old Lutheran church of Rautu destroyed in the Finnish Civil War in 1918. Photo taken in 1913.

Sosnovo (Russian: Сосново; Finnish: Rautu) is a rural locality (a logging depot settlement) in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, and an important railway station of the Saint Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railroad. Population: 7,209 (2010 Census);[1] 5,953 (2002 Census).[2]

History

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It was established in 1500 by name of Rautu in Finland. The Battle of Rautu was one of the major battles of the 1918 Finnish Civil War. Population of Rautu was Finnish and mostly Lutheran until the Winter War 1939-1940. The Finnish population was evacuated, and the settlement finally ceded to the Soviet Union after Continuation War in 1944. The historical name Rautu was changed to the Russian Sosnovo in 1948, as with most historical names of the ceded Finnish Karelian isthmus.

Before the Winter War (1939–1940) and the Continuation War (1941–1944), it was the administrative center of the Rautu municipality of Viipuri Province of Finland. Finnish Rautu had population 5909 in 1939.

Prize-winning Russian folklore ensemble Leznaya Skazka is located in Sosnovo.

References

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  1. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
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