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Mantsinsaari Island (also Mantsi, Russian: Остров Мантсинсаари, Finnish: Mantsinsaari) is an island on the North-East of Lake Ladoga in the Salmi settlement in the Pitkyaranta municipality in the Republic of Karelia. The island is nearly uninhabited.[1]

Mantsinsaari Island

Native name: Остров Мантсинсаари
Geography
Location	61°23′N 031°37′E
Length	14.5 km (9.01 mi)
Width	4 km (2.5 mi)
Administration
Russia
Demographics
Population	1

Before World War II, the island was a part of the Salmi municipality in Finland, and it had 1,500 inhabitants. The island did not have a bridge, instead a cable ferry. The main sources of livelihood were cultivation and fishing.

Mantsinsaari Island had an artillery battery, two 152-mm Canet 45 coastal artilleries. During the Winter War, the artillery assisted Finnish troops in battles of the North of Lake Ladoga. The Red Army was unable to conquer the island.

References

External links

• Media related to Mantsinsaari Island at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Mantsinsaari Island

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[it] Mantsinsaari

Mantsinsaari (in russo Мантсинсаари; in finlandese Mantsinsaari) è un'isola situata vicino alla costa nord-orientale del lago Ladoga. Amministrativamente fa parte del Pitkjarntskij rajon della Repubblica di Carelia, nel Circondario federale nordoccidentale, in Russia. L'isola nel 2013 aveva un solo abitante.[1][2]

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[ru] Мантсинсаари

Мантсинсаари[2] (фин. Mantsinsaari) — остров у северо-восточного побережья Ладожского озера на территории Питкярантского района Республики Карелия.

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