[10] In 1641, when this territory was under the control of Sweden, the first Christian church was built in Khelyulya (burned down already in 1657).

In July 1766, the first quarry was laid on the island of Joensuu, a month later they began to break marble in Ruskeala.

From 1769 to the middle of the XIX century, the delivery of marble from Ruskeala to St. Petersburg in winter was carried out overland from the quarries to the pier in the village of Gelyulya (Khelyulya).

[11] «About 30 versts are considered to reach the pier, located on the Gelule, from the Ruskalskaya breakage, through which marble is transported by dry route, which is worth a lot of labor and dependency»., academician N. Ya.

That year, 220,000 pairs of ski poles were manufactured at the factory for the Russian military department.

A total of 80 families lived in Khelyulya in the apartments of the combine, and the rest — in their own houses on the territory of the village and on nearby farms.

After three months of fighting, a peace treaty was concluded between the countries, according to which the territory on which the settlement was located was ceded to the USSR.

In 1941, with the outbreak of the German war in alliance with Finland against the USSR, Finnish troops regained control of the territory of Khelyul and the area of Sortavala and held it until September 1944.

Due to the lack of technological equipment, the first stools and tables were made by hand.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Khelyulya is subordinated to the town of republic significance of Sortavala.