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Gavrilovo

Coordinates: 60°35′29″N 29°02′36″E / 60.591492°N 29.043417°E / 60.591492; 29.043417
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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 from 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 village, which was originally named Kämärä, was the site of the Battle of Kämärä, the first battle of the Finnish Civil War on 27 January 1918. Kämärä became a part of the Soviet Union after World War II. It was renamed Gavrilovo in 1948 .[3]

References

  1. ^ "ГАВРИЛОВО". TransLogist (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. 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.

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