Everything about Terijoki totally explained
Zelenogorsk (
Terijoki before 1948) is a
town under jurisdiction of
Kurortny District of
Saint Petersburg,
Russia, located in part of the
Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the
Gulf of Finland, and a station of the
Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It is located about fifty kilometers northwest of central Saint Petersburg. Population: 12,074 (
2002 Census).
The town was won from
Finland in the
Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) and later in 1944. Its name in
Finnish is
Terijoki and was the same in Russian and in other languages until 1948. Before that, it was part of the
Grand-Duchy of Finland, ruled by the
Russian emperor, (1812–1917). Eventhough whole Finland was part of the Russian empire in Terijoki was a customs border. A valid Passport was needed for crossing the border between Russia and the
Grand Duchy of Finland.
Vladimir Lenin managed to travel over the border in secrecy to Finland 1907. Later 3 April 1917 he returned through the Terijoki border control to disguised as heater of a
Finnish Railways -
Finlyandsky Rail Terminal locomotive.
After that a popular summer resort and border town of the intependent Republic of
Finland. The historical name
Terijoki that was broadly known and popular as Finnish beach resort among Saint Petersburg's upper class before the
Russian Revolution when the border was closed. After the
Second World War its original Finnish population was replaced by people moved from Russia.
Zelenogorsk (Terijoki) has been known as a summer resort for wealthy Petersburgers since 1870, when the
railway between Riihimäki and Petersburg was built. At the turn of the century, the town's population was estimated to have been a few thousand, rising to above 50,000 in summer.
Under the name
Terijoki, the town became known to the world during the
Winter War as the site of
Kuusinen's
Stalinist puppet regime, the
Terijoki Government.
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