Lipovka, Leningrad Oblast

Coordinates: 60°55′10″N 28°58′23″E / 60.919391°N 28.973182°E / 60.919391; 28.973182
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Lipovka (Russian: Липовка, Finnish: Hannila) is a rural locality and a railway station in Kamennogorsk, Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located by the Vyborg-Joensuu railroad 30 kilometres north of Vyborg. The railway station was opened in 1892 for transporting timber.[1] It is still known with the old Finnish name Hannila (Ха́ннила).

Hannila was one of the sites of the 1918 Finnish Civil War Battle of Antrea.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Iltanen, Jussi (2010). Radan varrella. Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat. Helsinki: Karttakeskus. p. 398. ISBN 978-951-59321-4-3.
  2. ^ Seitsonen, Oula; Kunnas, Liisa. "Ahvola 1918: Archaeological Reconnaissance of a Finnish Civil War Battlefield". Journal of Conflict Archaeology. 2009 (2): 61. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

60°55′10″N 28°58′23″E / 60.919391°N 28.973182°E / 60.919391; 28.973182

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