Kirjasalo () is an abandoned village in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was located between the Volchya River and the on the Karelian Isthmus. Its population was largely composed of Lutheranism Ingrian Finns, and the region belonged to the Parish of Lembolovo of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria.
From 1919 to 1920, Kirjasalo served as the capital city of the short-lived separatist North Ingria, also known as North Ingria. During the time of de facto independence, the region would gain its first hospital and proper infrastructure.
In 1926, Kirjasalo became a part of the Finnish Selsoviet (village soviet) called until 1936, when the village soviet was abolished. In the mid-1930s the population was a victim of genocide or deported to other areas of the Soviet Union, mostly to Siberia.
During the Continuation War, the Finnish defensive VT-line passed through Kirjasalo.
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