Baryshevo, Leningrad Oblast

For other uses, see Baryshevo.

Coordinates: 60°42′00″N 29°34′59″E / 60.700°N 29.583°E / 60.700; 29.583

The Lutheran church of Äyräpää. Built in 1934, destroyed in 1940 in the Winter War

Baryshevo (Russian: Барышево; Finnish: Pölläkkälä) is a rural locality on Karelian Isthmus, in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast. It is situated on the southern shore of Vuoksi River. Until the Winter War and Continuation War, it had been the administrative center of the Äyräpää municipality of the Viipuri Province of Finland.

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