Tuutari is one of the oldest Finnish parishes in Ingria dating back to the beginning of the 17-th century. The parish was probably named after the same-named manor. The first church was built during the Swedish rule in the Nowikkola village in the nowadays Krasnoye Selo, where the Russian tsarist palace was built in 1823. After the Great Northern War, the parish, together with the rest of the Ingria, was incorporated to the Russian Empire. The old church was destroyed in the war. 1736 a new wooden church was built at the place where formerly stood a small chapel at the Mölkönmäki hill. The new church depreciated fast and a new one was built in 1760. That church lasted until 1836 when a new stone church was built by the orders of Tsar Nikolai I. The church was nationalized in 1937 and closed in 1939 by the soviet rule. During the World War IIthe church was badly damaged and was left in ruins until the ruins were demolished in 1953. The congregation was reestablished in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the area where once was church is nowadays a ski park called Tuutari Park. New church was built in 2006 in the village of Pikkola.
Tuutari villages
The villages had sometimes many synonyms. There were also different names in Finnish and Russian. The following lists the original Finnish names with alternative Finnish forms and Russian name forms in the brackets. Some villages consisted of smaller villages, which are listed separately. Alajoki aka Peroja aka Pikko, Hannola, Hieprola, Hirvosi, Humalisto, Härkösi, Ihalaisi, Järveläisi aka Pieni-Karhila, Karhila, Kaurasaari, Kavelahti, Kirveelä, Koirova, Kuittila, Kurikka, Kurkela, Kylmälä aka Parrila, Laakala, Lottula, Muikkala, Murjala aka Kotsala, Mäkeläisi, Nuijala aka Pieni-Kapasi, Nurkkaporu, Närhilä aka Tuippola, Pajula, Partasi, Pelkola aka Repola, Peräkylä, Pikkola, Pöllälä, Raja-Leinilä, Riehkala aka Kapasi, Saarela aka Karvala, Suolasi, Tallikkola aka Kekkilä, Tolppala, Uusi-Ihalaisi, Variksela aka Vauhkola, Viholaisi, Viittala aka Suuri-Viittala, Villasi, Ylipelto aka Pieni-Viittala Honkasi: Hämäläinen aka Ylä-Sparri, Mäntyharju aka Ilmasti aka Koivisto, Metsävainikka aka Venäjänrasi Lokovala: Kirppula, Raskela, Saksala Nurkkala: Kyllisi, Lamppula aka Rännilä, Peikolaisi Revonpesät aka Palmula: Ala-Kyttälä, Kämärä, Lintusi, Naumosi, Ylä-Kyttälä Sulkula aka Mäkikylät: Jänismäki, Leininmäki, Lemetinmäki, Parkonmäki, Pulkkisenmäki, Pökkösenmäki, Talsinmäki aka Talsila, Tököttilä: Myrälä, Korpelaisi, Rötsälä, Ryytteli,
