Loimola

Loimola lies beside the river of the same name in the forests north of Lake Ladoga. The river rises in Loimolanjärvi and joins the Tulemajoki, which flows into Ladoga. Loimola belonged to the parish of Suistamo, a Karelian district with villages scattered among the lakes and wooded ridges. Suistamo was recorded in 1589 as part of the Orthodox Serdobol pogost; its later parish included Loimola and neighbouring villages.