Nostra:Sortavala

Sortavala {{{type}}} {{{Full_name}}} Town Information Nation Russia ' Population 28 Area 110 chunks Coordinates 11072, -17591 Continent Europe Region Discord Economic System Official Language Official Religion Motto Government Information Political System Mayor doytnr ' ' Councillors steve12349, Supersonic802, someguyfromsvk, YeetThins404 {{{representative_title1}}} {{{representative_title2}}} Historical Information Established May 4 Disbanded Past Nations Past Mayors Past Councillors

Origins

Sortavala (Rus. Сортавала / Сердоболь) is a Russian town located in Ladoga Karelia along the Northern Shore of Lake Ladoga and both banks of the Sorty River. It is the largest settlement in the Karelian region by land and population and is the oldest founded 4/May/24 by doytnr not too far from the town of Kakisalmi, which was the first Russo-Karelian town founded days prior but has since fell.

The town is placed by the IRL location of Sortavala, and acts as a mid-point between the Baltic-Ladoga to deeper into Karelia.

Infustructure

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 Town consists of 4 distinct bodies separated by water, being:

• Central Sortavala: The oldest and origin of the town which has became an island of sorts with the construction of a canal west of it, meeting with the Sorty and Ladoga.
• Sortyvostok: The lands of the town east of the Sorty
• Sortyzapod: The lands of the town west of the Canals separating Central Sortavala from the rest of the land west of the Sorty.
• Sortyostrov: The formerly 2, now a single merged island incorporated in August to the Sortavala Urban core, located south of the centre on Lake Ladoga.

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.

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.