WebEconomy. The area had a well-developed economy due to its proximity to Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire.In 1856 Saimaa Canal (Russian: Сайменский канал, Saymensky kanal) was opened, linking Lake Saimaa and Finnish Lakeland to the Vyborg Bay.. The development of the province was bolstered further by the construction of the …

WebMay 18, 2015 · Completed in 1935 in Vyborg, Russia. Despite being one of the seminal works of modern Scandinavian architecture, Alvar Aalto’s Viipuri Library languished in relative obscurity for...

WebWyborg (Transkription von russisch Выборг; alternativ deutsch Wiborg oder veraltet Wiburg; finnisch Viipuri; schwedisch Viborg) ist eine Stadt in der Oblast Leningrad in Russland.Sie liegt in der historischen Region Karelien zwischen Sankt Petersburg und der heutigen finnischen Grenze und hat 79.962 Einwohner (Stand: 14. Oktober 2010). Die im …

WebVyborg (/ 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 …

WebKarelia (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 …

WebNov 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, …

WebViipuri (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 …

WebEarly 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 …

WebField Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie (Reval, 20 June 1583 – Stockholm, 22 August 1652) was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 onward.. He was Privy Councilor from 1613 onward, Governor of Swedish Estonia in 1619–1622, Governor-General of Livonia in 1622–1628 (conquered by the Swedish …

WebSortavala (Russian: Сортавала; Finnish and Karelian: Sortavala; Swedish: Sordavala); till 1918 Serdobol (Russian: Сердоболь) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga near the Finnish border, 246 kilometres (153 mi) west of Petrozavodsk, the capital city of the Republic of Karelia. The closest city on the Finnish …