sentences:  It consisted of several parts as Karelians traditionally tend to settle individually and most of the settlements were little hamlets or a group of adjacent hamlets.The settlement eventually encompassed four different areas as the neighboring hamlets (Makslahti, Kurkela, Peusa and Lähteenmaki) were merged in the second half of the 19th century.At the end of the 19th century, a brick yard, which later grew into a ceramic factory, was opened here.