Värtsilä, Finland
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Värtsilä (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a former municipality of Finland. It merged with Tohmajärvi in 2005.[1] It included the international border crossing between Niirala and Vyartsilya.
Värtsilä was located in the province of Eastern Finland and was part of the North Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 660 (2005)[1] and covered an area of Script error: No such module "convert". of which Script error: No such module "convert". was water. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert"..
The main language spoken in Värtsilä is Finnish but new settlers from Russia and people evacuated from the lost Karelian areas after the Second World War form Russian and Karelian speaking minorities.
In addition to the current village, Värtsilä used to include the urban settlement of Vyartsilya (Template:Langx), which since 1944 has belonged to Russia.
The biggest employers in the village include the Finnish Border Guard and Finnish Customs.[1]
1679 uprising
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In 1679, Nils Kagg sent his inspector Sven Stille to demand taxes from the peasants in Tohmajärvi that had not paid it, however, in Värtsilä, Sven was met with a mob of angry peasants, who threatened him and his family until he was forced to flee.[2] After this, Swedish troops were called and were able quell the uprising. The amount of resistance that the peasants gave the troops is not known, and two of the leaders were executed.[2]
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