When Finland became independent from Russia in 1917, the status of Viipuri Province remained unchanged. The provincial capital, Vyborg (Swedish: Viborg, Finnish: Viipuri), was at this time the fourth largest city in Finland. Viipuri Province had sided with the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic during the Finnish Civil War.

An extended Southwest Finland was made a titular Grand Duchy in 1581, when King Johan III of Sweden, who as a Prince had been the Duke of Finland (1556–1561/63), extended the list of subsidiary titles of the Kings of Sweden considerably. The new title Grand Duke of Finland did not result in any Finnish autonomy, as Finland was an integrated part of the Kingdom of Sweden …

Karelia (Finnish: Karjala) is a historical province of Finland which Finland partly ceded to the Soviet Union after the Winter War of 1939–40. The Finnish Karelians include the present-day inhabitants of North and South Karelia and the still-surviving evacuees from the ceded territories. Present-day Finnish Karelia has 315,000 inhabitants. The more than 400,000 evacuees from …

Vyborg (/ ˈ v iː b ɔːr ɡ /; Russian: Вы́борг, tr. Výborg, IPA: ; Finnish: Viipuri [ˈʋiːpuri]; Swedish: Viborg [ˈvǐːbɔrj] (); German: Wiborg [ˈviːbɔʁk]) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.It lies on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Vyborg Bay, 130 km (81 miles) to the northwest of St. Petersburg, 245 km ...

This is a list of monarchs and heads of state of Finland; that is, the kings of Sweden with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union, the grand dukes of Finland, ... Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) b. 23 June 1937, Viipuri: Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (1987–1991). Elected as president in 1994.

Early life and education. Christened Lauri Allan Törni, he was born in Viipuri, Viipuri Province, Finland, to ship captain Jalmari (Ilmari) Törni, and his wife, Rosa (née Kosonen). He had two sisters: Salme Kyllikki (b. 1920) and Kaija Iris (b. 1922). An athletic youth, Törni was an early friend of future Olympic Boxing Gold Medalist Sten Suvio.After attending business school and …

The president of Finland is Finland's head of state.Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the president and the government, with the president possessing limited powers.Since 1994 no president may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. Presidents used to be elected indirectly, by an electoral college or by Parliament, but since 1994 the …

History. The Finnish Air Force, one of the oldest air forces of the world, pre-dates the British RAF (founded as an independent entity on 1 April 1918) and the Swedish Flygvapnet (founded on 1 July 1926). The first steps in the history of Finnish aviation involved Russian aircraft. The Russian military had a number of early designs stationed in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which until the ...

Nov 22, 2022 · ICOMOS and HIST sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration on space technologies for World Cultural Heritage Conservation. On 21 November 2022, Prof. Huadong Guo, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, and Dr. Teresa Patricio, President of …

Viipuri (ven. Выборг, Vyborg, ruots. Viborg, saks. Wiborg/Wiburg, vir. Viiburi) on kaupunki Luoteis-Venäjällä Suomenlahden pohjoisrannikolla Viipurinlahden perukassa Karjalankannaksen länsipäässä. Viipurissa oli Venäjän vuoden 2022 väestönlaskennan mukaan 73 001 asukasta (1.1.2022). Kaupunki on samalla Leningradin alueen 193 863 asukkaan Viipurin piirin …