Käkisalmi

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Käkisalmi is the former Finnish name of the town now known as Priozersk, located in the Karelian Isthmus region near Lake Ladoga.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Käkisalmi canonical 4
Käkisalmi (Kexholm) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exonym
former Finnish place name
historical place name
associatedWithLake Lake Ladoga
category Former cities and towns in Finland
Former populated places in Karelia
countryAtTime Finland
etymologyLanguage Finnish
formerNameOf Priozersk
geographicalContext northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga
hasAlternativeName Kexholm
Käkisalmi (Kexholm)
linked to: Käkisalmi
historicalEvent ceded from Finland to the Soviet Union after World War II
historicalPeriodOfUse before World War II
historicalRegion Karelia
historicalSignificance important fortress town in Karelia
language Finnish
locatedIn Karelian Isthmus
locatedNear Lake Ladoga
locatedOnRiver Vuoksi River NERFINISHED
nearBorderWith Finland
partOf Viipuri Province (historical)
presentDayAdministrativeUnit Leningrad Oblast
presentDayCountry Russia
presentDayDistrict Priozersky District
refersTo Priozersk
replacedBy Priozersk
usedBy Finns
usedIn Finnish historical literature
Finnish maps prior to 1940s

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Priozersk formerName Käkisalmi
Kexholm County capital Käkisalmi
Ebba Brahe residence Käkisalmi (Kexholm)
linked to: Käkisalmi
Viipuri Province containsCity Käkisalmi
Käkisalmi hasAlternativeName Käkisalmi (Kexholm)
linked to: Käkisalmi