Live webcam broadcasts a view of the intersection of Lenin - Gogol streets. The city of Pitkyaranta is located on the territory of the Republic of Karelia, in Russia, along the northeastern shore of Lake Ladoga. It is the administrative center of the Pitkyaranta region.
The name of the city of Pitkäranta, translated from Finnish, means “long coast”. It was first mentioned in the Novgorod census book of 1499-1500. At that time, Pitkyaranta was part of the Nikolsko-Serdobolsky churchyard of the Korelsky district. In 1590, Pitkyaranta belonged to the Impilakhtinsky chapel of the Serdobolsk churchyard, and in the 17th century - to the same Impilakhtinsky chapel, but the re-emerged Suistamsky churchyard. In 1721, after the defeat of the Swedes in the Northern War, Vyborg and Ladoga Karelia (the so-called Old Finland) were given to Russia. Later they became the basis for the formation of the Vyborg province. During the reign of Catherine I, Pitkyaranta was given to Count Bruken. In 1727, the Impilakhtinsky pogost acquired the status of a palace land. In 1730-1764 it passed to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, and in 1764-1797 it was the property of the Imperial College of Economics. Later it was transferred to the state treasury. In 1812, the Vyborg province was reunited with the rest of Finland, which was part of Russia as an autonomous Grand Duchy.
Pitkyaranta was a small, quiet village until, in 1810, exploration expeditions were organized in the local area. Here the first copper mine quickly appeared, and later tin ore was discovered. In the middle of the 19th century, a number of metallurgical plants appeared here. In connection with these events, Pitkyaranta turned into a large settlement. An Orthodox Church of the Ascension was erected here. Also in Pitkäranta, a sulphate plant began to operate. Iron oxide was used to make red paint. It was with this paint that many wooden houses in Finland were painted at that time. By the middle of the 19th century, the St. Petersburg JSC "Pitkyaranta-Company" became the owner of the Pitkyaranta factories and mines. The mine operated until the early 1950s.
By the beginning of the 1940s, wooden buildings predominated in the city, and during the Finnish War they were burned down (only a pulp mill and an adjacent section of wooden buildings on Pusunsaari Island survived). But in the 1970s, during the expansion of the industrial zone, these buildings were also destroyed.
The name of the city of Pitkäranta, translated from Finnish, means “long coast”. It was first mentioned in the Novgorod census book of 1499-1500. At that time, Pitkyaranta was part of the Nikolsko-Serdobolsky churchyard of the Korelsky district. In 1590, Pitkyaranta belonged to the Impilakhtinsky chapel of the Serdobolsk churchyard, and in the 17th century - to the same Impilakhtinsky chapel, but the re-emerged Suistamsky churchyard. In 1721, after the defeat of the Swedes in the Northern War, Vyborg and Ladoga Karelia (the so-called Old Finland) were given to Russia. Later they became the basis for the formation of the Vyborg province. During the reign of Catherine I, Pitkyaranta was given to Count Bruken. In 1727, the Impilakhtinsky pogost acquired the status of a palace land. In 1730-1764 it passed to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, and in 1764-1797 it was the property of the Imperial College of Economics. Later it was transferred to the state treasury. In 1812, the Vyborg province was reunited with the rest of Finland, which was part of Russia as an autonomous Grand Duchy.
Pitkyaranta was a small, quiet village until, in 1810, exploration expeditions were organized in the local area. Here the first copper mine quickly appeared, and later tin ore was discovered. In the middle of the 19th century, a number of metallurgical plants appeared here. In connection with these events, Pitkyaranta turned into a large settlement. An Orthodox Church of the Ascension was erected here. Also in Pitkäranta, a sulphate plant began to operate. Iron oxide was used to make red paint. It was with this paint that many wooden houses in Finland were painted at that time. By the middle of the 19th century, the St. Petersburg JSC "Pitkyaranta-Company" became the owner of the Pitkyaranta factories and mines. The mine operated until the early 1950s.
By the beginning of the 1940s, wooden buildings predominated in the city, and during the Finnish War they were burned down (only a pulp mill and an adjacent section of wooden buildings on Pusunsaari Island survived). But in the 1970s, during the expansion of the industrial zone, these buildings were also destroyed.
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