Gavrilovo
# Gavrilovo

Gavrilovo (Russian: Гаврилово, Finnish: Kämärä) is a rural locality in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It is located 108 kilometres northwest of Saint Petersburg and 22 kilometres from Vyborg.

## History

The village was born after 1881 when the railway station was opened. During the Finnish period, it was a part of the municipality of Kuolemajärvi, Viipuri Province. The original name was Kämärä. It was renamed Gavrilovo in 1948 as the village had become a part of the Soviet Union after World War II.

Gavrilovo was the site of the Battle of Kämärä, the first battle of the Finnish Civil War on 27 January 1918.

