Suistamo Parish, Viipuri, Finland Genealogy

Guide to Suistamo, Finland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
Suistamo is a former Finnish municipality which was ceded to the Soviet Union as part of the Moscow Peace Treaty. It is now known as Suistamo in the Suoyarvsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia. Suistamo Orthodox parish became independent at the end of the 18th century. There is no certain information about the first churches. Suistamo had several churches at the same time in the 18th and 19th centuries. The church dedicated to the memory of Saint Nicholas was also completed in the middle of the 18th century and destroyed in a fire on June 20, 1871. The Church of the Baptism of the Lord, built in 1764, was demolished in 1873 and the church of the prophet Elia burned down in 1897. The current church was built between 1839 and 1844 and consecrated to Saint Nicholas.

Villages
In 1922 the following villages were found in this parish: Ahvenlampi, Alattu, Haapaselkä, Hudjakkala, Ihatsu, Jalonvaara, Koitto, Kontuvaara, Laitioinen, Leppäsyrjä, Loimola, Muuanto, Niinisyrjä, Petäjäselkä, Pienisarka, Pyörittäjä, Shemeikka, Suistamo (Kirkonkylä), Suursarka, Terovaara eli Teronvaara, Ulmalahti, Uuksu, Uuksujärvi, and Äimäjärvi.

Place Names
To see what kind of place it is you will need a Finnish gazetteer.

Surrounding Parishes
Korpiselkä, Suojärvi, Salmi, Impilahti, Harlu, Ruskeala, Soanlahti