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{{Town | {{Town | ||
|title1=Sortavala | |title1=Sortavala | ||
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|image2=[[File:VoxySortySahur.png|frameless]] | |image2=[[File:VoxySortySahur.png|frameless]] | ||
|Nation=[[File:Russia Flag - Nostra.png|20px]] [[Nostra:Russia|Russia]] | |Nation=[[File:Russia Flag - Nostra.png|20px]] [[Nostra:Russia|Russia]] | ||
|Population= | |Population=29 | ||
|Chunks= | |Chunks=281 | ||
|Coordinates={{Coordinates|x=11072|z=-17591}} | |Coordinates={{Coordinates|x=11072|z=-17591}} | ||
|Continent=Europe | |Continent=Europe | ||
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== Origins == | == Origins == | ||
Sortavala (Rus. Сортавала / Сердоболь, Fin. Sortavala, Swe. Sordavala) | 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. | 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 === | === 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. | 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 === | === White Sea Canal === | ||