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Lost village

Kullaküla

Kullaküla, 20 km north of Narva, was an Ingrian Finnish village on the Kulla river, and after the Tartu peace treaty of 1920 the border ran straight down that river, cutting it in two. A customs post was set up and the halves were separated by barbed wire. In the mid-1930s Soviet anti-Finnish repression emptied the Soviet side, while the Estonian half still had a school and 32 farms in 1930. During the Second World War its people fled to Finland, some on to Sweden, and the village was destroyed. Johannes Valtonen from Kullaküla was the only Estonian volunteer killed in the Winter War.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Narvast 20 km põhja pool Kullajõe kaldal asunud Kullaküla oli ingerisoomlaste küla, mille 1920. aasta Tartu rahu piir lõikas pooleks – piir kulges mööda jõge. Külla rajati tollipunkt ja pooled eraldati okastraataiaga. 1930. aastate keskpaigaks jäi Nõukogude poolne osa soomevastase vaenu tõttu tühjaks, Eesti poolel oli 1930. aastal aga kool ja 32 talu. Teise maailmasõja ajal põgenesid elanikud Soome, osa ka edasi Rootsi, ning küla hävis. Kullakülast pärit Johannes Valtonen oli ainus Talvesõjas langenud Eesti vabatahtlik.

Map of the area around Kullaküla
59.54722° N, 28.16389° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullak%C3%BCla ↗

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