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As well as the central village, the municipality includes the villages of Ontajärvi and
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Karelians. The centre of the region had a population of almost 500. From 1932 to 1934 and again from 1948 onwards the Repola region was also part of the Rukajärvi region. The
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Kiimasjärvi, as well as parts of Tunkua, Yushkozero and Kontokki, which included the
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