WebThe history of Finland begins around 9,000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda, Comb Ceramic, Corded Ware, Kiukainen, and Pöljä cultures [].The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1,500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1,300 AD. Finnish Iron Age cultures can be separated …

WebVyborg (Russisch: Выборг; Fins: Viipuri; Zweeds: Viborg; Nederlands vroeger: Wijburg, Wiborg) is de op een na grootste stad van de Russische oblast Leningrad, vlak bij de Finse grens aan de Finse Golf.De stad heeft eeuwenlang bij Zweden en later Finland behoord. Vyborg ligt op de Karelische Landengte in de oblast Leningrad en heeft ongeveer 70.000 …

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 …

WebThe Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava; Swedish: Saima kanal; Russian: Сайменский канал) is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland near Vyborg, Russia.The canal was built from 1845 to 1856 and opened on 7 September 1856 (Old Style: 26 August 1856).It was overhauled and widened in …

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 …

WebHugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (pronounced [ˈhuːɡo ˈɑlʋɑr ˈhenrik ˈɑːlto]; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings.He never regarded himself as an artist, seeing painting and sculpture as "branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture."

WebVesikko is a submarine, which was launched on 10 May 1933 at the Crichton-Vulcan dock in Turku.Until 1936 it was named by its manufacturing codename CV 707. Vesikko was ordered by a Dutch engineering company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw (a German front company) in 1930 as a commercial submarine prototype, being the prototype for the …

WebThe Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944, as part of World War II. In Soviet historiography, the war was called the Finnish Front of the Great Patriotic War. Germany regarded its operations in the region as part of its overall war efforts on …

WebFinland–Russia relations have been conducted over many centuries, from wars between Sweden and Russia in the early 18th century, ... Finland ceded 11% of its territory - including the major city Vyborg - to the Soviet Union, but prevented the Soviets from annexing Finland into the USSR. Of all the continental European nations combating, as ...

WebNov 05, 2014 · English: The original drawing of Vyborg Synagogue by architect Bruno Gerhard Sohlberg (1863-?). Suomi: Viipurin synagogan julkisivupiirustus, arkkitehti Bruno Gerhard Sohlberg (1863-?). Svenska: Ritning till Synagoga och skola för Wiborgs judiska församling, arkitekt Bruno Gerhard Sohlberg (1863-?).