Polyany, Leningrad Oblast
Rural locality in Vyborgsky District, Russia
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Polyany (Russian: Поля́ны; Finnish: Uusikirkko (Kirkkojärvi) Swedish: Nykyrka) is a settlement in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, on the Karelian Isthmus. Before the Winter War and Continuation War, so until September 1944, it was the administrative center of the Uusikirkko municipality of the Viipuri province of Finland.
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2021) | 1,337 ) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [1]) |
| Postal code[2] | 188824 |
| OKTMO ID | 41615464101 |
The Finnish names mean "New Church (Church Lake)" and the Swedish name also means "New Church". Mikael Agricola died there on return from the negotiations for the Treaty of Novgorod (1557).[3]
