Khiytola
Khiytola is a rural locality in Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.History
The Finnish name of the settlement derives from "Hiisi", the name of a forest spirit in the Karelian-Finnish mythology.
Before the Winter War it was a municipality of the Viipuri Province of Finland.Transportation
is a railway junction of the Vyborg–Joensuu and St. Petersburg–Khiytola railways. It has direct suburban connections with Vyborg, Sortavala, and Kuznechnoye. A long-distance train between St. Petersburg and Kostomuksha calls at Khiytola every second day.
