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|title1=Sortavala
|title1=Sortavala
|image1=[[File:SortyScene 1|thumb]]
|image1=[[File:SortyScene 1.png|frameless]]
|Nation=[[Nostra:Russia]]
|image2=[[File:VoxySortySahur.png|frameless]]
|Population=28
|Nation=[[File:Russia Flag - Nostra.png|20px]] [[Nostra:Russia|Russia]]
|Chunks=110
|Population=36
|Chunks=309
|Coordinates={{Coordinates|x=11072|z=-17591}}
|Coordinates={{Coordinates|x=11072|z=-17591}}
|Continent=Europe
|Continent=Europe
|Discord=
|Discord=
|mayor=doytnr
|mayor=[[User:Doytnr|doytnr]]
|councillors=steve12349, Supersonic802, someguyfromsvk, YeetThins404
|councillors=steve12349, Supersonic802, someguyfromsvk, YeetThins404
|Established=May 4
|Established=May 4
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# Foundation
== Origins ==
Founded on May 4 by doytnr, Sortavala was placed in the dense Taiga of Karelia by a river that leads to Lake Ladoga, nearby the IRL location of the town of the same name.
Sortavala (Rus. Сортавала / Сердоболь, Fin. Sortavala, Swe. Sordavala) is a town located in the centre of the Russian Karelian province of 'Ladoga'. along Lake Ladoga and the River Yanisyoki (Fin. Jänisjoki). It is the largest settlement in Karelia by land and population and is the fourth oldest in the region after Petrozavodsk (Soviet Union), Viipuri (Finland) and Vyborg (Russia), and is the capital of Russia's Karelia Gubernate, one of three of Russia's Gubernates alongside Kola and Greater St. Petersburg.


Sortavala was the second town to be founded in Russian Karelia but the first surviving, being preceded by Kakisalmi which too sat on Lake Ladoga and were the people who first hosted Sortavala's founder.
== Infrastructure ==
Sortavala is defined by its spruce-stone embankments across her urban core, alongside her oxidized copper roofs which give the city a unique style. The origins of the style came from its cheapness, but was later cemented as the town's Urban style.


# Geography and Architecture
Sortavala sits on a series of artificial and natural islands, surrounded by canals which seperate each of her urban regions from the rest of the Karelian Taiga.  
Sortavala sits in Ladoga Karelia, placed on a river coined the 'Sorty River'. The town sits at the thinnest point of Karelia and links the Capital of St. Petersburg to deeper stretches of the nation.
 
The centre of Sortavala sits on an artificial island, which is surrounded by the Sorty River, Lake Ladoga, and the Vostokala canal which seperates the Urban from Rural cores of Sortavala.
=== Sortavala-Sosnovo Road ===
A large proportion of the town is paved and raised above sea-level 5 blocks, with the y-level of 67. The town hosts 4 bridges, 2 of which being significant crossings of the Sorty.
Built by doytnr with assistance from YeetThins, the Sorty-Sosnovo road links Central Sortavala to the former Kakisalmi, now claimed by Sosnovo. Started and Completed 22/Aug/26 the road provides an easy way to access the city from the Capital by land which would otherwise require a journey through the dense Taiga.
Sortavala is geographically split into 3 regions, being Insular, West-bank and East-bank. With the West-Bank being where the town was founded and Insular, consisting of the former 2, now merged islands south of the West-Bank on Lake Ladoga are the most recent developments.
 
[[File:VoxySortySahur|thumb]]
In 13/Sep/26, the claim corridor was complete across the entire road, securing a claimed channel from Sortavala through Sosnovo and then the Capital across lake Ladoga.
 
=== White Sea Canal ===
Connecting Lake Vygozero to the White Sea, constructed by doytnr and assisted with Steve12349 with filling, the canal provides water access from the White Sea to lake Onega, which can then access lake Ladoga by the Svir and the Gulf of Finland and later the Baltic Sea by the Neva. Started and Completed 20/Aug/26, it was first used to bring 2 polar bears from the White Sea to Sortavala the same day.


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Latest revision as of 19:53, 16 September 2026

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Town Information
Nation Russia
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Population 36
Area 309 chunks
Coordinates 11072, -17591
Continent Europe
Region
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Government Information
Political System
Mayor doytnr
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Councillors steve12349, Supersonic802, someguyfromsvk, YeetThins404
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Historical Information
Established May 4
Disbanded
Past Nations
Past Mayors
Past Councillors

Origins

Sortavala (Rus. Сортавала / Сердоболь, Fin. Sortavala, Swe. Sordavala) is a town located in the centre of the Russian Karelian province of 'Ladoga'. along Lake Ladoga and the River Yanisyoki (Fin. Jänisjoki). It is the largest settlement in Karelia by land and population and is the fourth oldest in the region after Petrozavodsk (Soviet Union), Viipuri (Finland) and Vyborg (Russia), and is the capital of Russia's Karelia Gubernate, one of three of Russia's Gubernates alongside Kola and Greater St. Petersburg.

Infrastructure

Sortavala is defined by its spruce-stone embankments across her urban core, alongside her oxidized copper roofs which give the city a unique style. The origins of the style came from its cheapness, but was later cemented as the town's Urban style.

Sortavala sits on a series of artificial and natural islands, surrounded by canals which seperate each of her urban regions from the rest of the Karelian Taiga.

Sortavala-Sosnovo Road

Built by doytnr with assistance from YeetThins, the Sorty-Sosnovo road links Central Sortavala to the former Kakisalmi, now claimed by Sosnovo. Started and Completed 22/Aug/26 the road provides an easy way to access the city from the Capital by land which would otherwise require a journey through the dense Taiga.

In 13/Sep/26, the claim corridor was complete across the entire road, securing a claimed channel from Sortavala through Sosnovo and then the Capital across lake Ladoga.

White Sea Canal

Connecting Lake Vygozero to the White Sea, constructed by doytnr and assisted with Steve12349 with filling, the canal provides water access from the White Sea to lake Onega, which can then access lake Ladoga by the Svir and the Gulf of Finland and later the Baltic Sea by the Neva. Started and Completed 20/Aug/26, it was first used to bring 2 polar bears from the White Sea to Sortavala the same day.