Yakkima, Lakhdenpokhsky District, Republic of Karelia

Yakkima (Russian: Яккима; Finnish: Jaakkima) is a rural locality located in Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

As a result of the Winter War Yakkima was occupied by and ceded to the Soviet Union.

Finland occupied Yakkima in the Continuation War in 1941, but the Soviet Union regained the territory in 1944 in accordance with the Moscow Armistice.

[4] In 1845, with the financial assistance of the landowner Alexander Kushelev-Bezborodko, the construction of a new Lutheran church in Yakkima was started.

The church was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel.

An unofficial coat of arms, also used by Karelian heritage organizations in Finland.
Remains of the church