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In 1812, as the Grand Duchy of Finland three years earlier had been formed within Russian Empire, Alexander I of Russia incorporated Kexholm with the rest of Old Finland into the autonomous region. Käkisalmi was the smallest city in Viipuri province. City’s growth was boosted by construction of the Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railway in 1917 and establishing two big saw mills and a big Ab Waldhof Oy’s Wood pulp mill in 1929.
Käkisalmi postal cancellation 1921

The Winter war On 30 November 1939 began the Winter War began with the Soviet attack. Eventually after hard fighting Finland was forced to cede Käkisalmi as whole Finnish Karelia to the Soviet Union in the 13.3.1940 Moscow Peace Treaty. During the Continuation War 1941 - 1944 Finland gained back Käkisalmi and other 1940 Soviet ceded territories, the population returned to rebuild the town, but were again evacuated in Evacuation of Finnish Karelia at the close of the WWII. In the last Finnish year 1939 Käkisalmi had a population of 5083. Around the town there was the rural municipality of Käkisalmi with a population of 5100. Minorities were Orthodox 946 persons and about 100 habitants announced to speak as native language; Swedish, Russian or German. Total population was 11 129 in 1939.

In 1948, Käkisalmi was renamed to Priozersk like names all cities and communities annexed from Finland to Leningrad Oblast 1947. The new given names of 1948 had no ties to historic names except Vyborg. New Priozersk was settled with a totally new population of people (mainly Russians, Belorussian, Ukranians) belo.993993 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire from the Soviet Union, who remain the majority of the local population. The ruined ramparts and towers of the old Korela Fortress are situated on the bank of the Vuoksi, still visible when traveling http://LOUIS-J-SHEEHAN.INFO to the town from Saint Petersburg. The town is an excursion resort popular with St. Petersburgers, many of whom have dachas in the vicinity (see Ozero).

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