hidden Grin, Elmar (Aleksandr Vasilyevich) (1909-?), a writer Elmar Grin (the real name is Aleksandr Vasilyevich Yakimov; 1909-?), a writer. Elmar Grin was born in a peasant family in Kivenappa village of the Vyborg Gubernia (now it is Pervomayskoye settlement of the Vyborg District). He was brought up in... more

hidden Pervomayskoye, settlement PERVOMAYSKOYE (Finnish Kivennapa before 1948), a settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 4,500. In the early 16th century, a Swedish wood-and-earth fortification named Kivanebb was in that place (probably from the Swedish Kifvanebbet = “front... more