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 …

WebDec 07, 2022 · BPA Transmission Services provides deliver of energy across 15,000 miles of high voltage facilities to the Pacific Northwest and beyond. BPA Transmission is committed to being a dependable and responsive business partner as we proactively navigate a changing environment to achieve economic and reliability benefits for our …

WebThis is a list of extant towers that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are self-supporting or free-standing, which means no guy-wires for support." The definition means the exclusion from this list of continuously …

WebThe Mannerheim Line (Finnish: Mannerheim-linja, Swedish: Mannerheimlinjen) was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union.While this was never an officially designated name, during the Winter War it became known as the Mannerheim Line, after Finnish Army's then commander-in-chief Field …

WebThe State Hermitage Museum (Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж, tr. Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, IPA: [ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ]) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia.It is the largest art museum in the world by gallery space. It was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of paintings …

WebPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Russian: Петропавловск-Камчатский, IPA: [pʲɪtrɐˈpavləfsk kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj] ()) is a city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultural center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia.As of the 2021 Census its population is 164,900. The city is widely known simply as Petropavlovsk (literally "city of Peter and Paul").

WebThe Finnish Navy (Finnish: Merivoimat, Swedish: Marinen) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces.The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short for "Finnish Navy ship", but this is not used in Finnish language contexts. The Finnish Navy also …

WebHistory. The airline began operating domestic and international charter flights in 2000. Aviastar-TU, as an aircraft operator, has a historical affiliation with Aviastar-SP, an aircraft builder.. After the incident of Flight 1906, the Federal Air Transport Agency imposed a ban on passenger transport due to the airline's lack of a spare aircraft. In November 2011, …

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...

WebThe largest lake in Europe is located east of St. Petersburg and extends from there about 190 km to the north. Image: Fyodor Lashkov ... Vyborg, Yaroslavl, Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg), and Yemva. Topographic Map of Western Russia. Image: Nations Online Project . More about Russia Cities: Searchable map/satellite view of Moscow Searchable …