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	Vyborg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vyborg (Cyrillic Выборг, Finnish Viipuri, Swedish Viborg, German Wiburg) is a Russian town with 70,000 inhabitants on the Karelian Isthmus, near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, 130 km to the north-west of Saint Petersburg, 38 km south from Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimensky Canal enters the Gulf of Finland.
		The area used to be inhabited by the Karelians, a Finnic tribe which gradually came under the domination of Novgorod and Sweden.
		In the proximity of Vyborg there is since 1982 a HVDC back-to-back facility for the change of electricity between the Russian and Finnish power grid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vyborg (966 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Vyborg @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Vyborg was a trading point for Novgorod in the 12th cent.
		Vyborg became a port for the Hanseatic League and was chartered in the 15th cent.
		Vyborg remained Finnish until 1940, when it was occupied by the Soviet Union.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Vyborg&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (230 words)

	Vyborg - Bay of Vyborg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Vyborg with a population of 81200, a district centre of Saint-Petersburg region, The main places of interest are the Vyborg Castle, the Round Tower,
		The arms of Vyborg as shown above date from 1788 and are based on the oldest seal of Vyborg, known since the early 15th century.
		The Bay of Vyborg or Bay of Viipuri is a deep inlet running northeastward near the The city of Viipuri/Vyborg is located near the head of the gulf.
	www.pagesupply.com /?q=vyborg (468 words)

	Finnish navy in Winter War
		Entrance to Bay of Vyborg was closed and two barrages were laid west from Koivisto.
		The purpose of Soviet attack was to cut the major road from Helsinki to Viipuri and to attack the flank of Finnish forces in the Isthmus.
		The forces on Bay of Vyborg were known as Rannikkoryhmä (Coastal Group) under command of general L. Oesch.
	users.tkk.fi /~jaromaa/Navygallery/Background/Wartime/winter.htm (4446 words)

	Vyborg on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		VYBORG COMPLEX, SCENE OF ARMED CONFLICT, WENT BANKRUPT.
		The diplomat was born on June 23, 1937 in Vyborg, the capital of Karelia, a province Finland was forced to cede to the Soviet Union following World War II.
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	www.encyclopedia.com /html/V/Vyborg.asp (456 words)

	Battles, Sweden, 1700s (1)
		Another target was a squadron of the Russian galley fleet that had anchored in the Vyborg Bay, just outside the city of Vyborg.
		The whole of Europe was following the events and the outcome of the affair in the Vyborg Bay with a tense expectation.
		Both the city of Vyborg and the city of St Petersburg are in this area.
	www.algonet.se /~hogman/battles_1700a_eng.htm (4060 words)

	Vyborg Museum of Regional Studies
		Vyborg Museum of Local Lore, History and Economy.
		You can get to Vyborg castle from Saint-Petersburg by trains from Finlyandskiy railroad station (about 2 hours) and also from Helsinki by trains going to Saint-Petersburg and Moscow (about 5 hours).
		Vyborg castle administration arranges Days of National Cultures, festivals, concerts, business meeting, presentations.
	eng.allmuseums.spb.ru /mus_viborg/visitor.shtml (269 words)

	Finnish Institute of Marine Research - Services
		In the northern Bay of Bothnia the freezing started towards the end of November and on the coast of the Sea of Bothnia after mid-December, that is approximately a week later than average.
		The maximum thickness of fast ice in the northern Bay of Bothnia was 50 to 75 cm, in the Sea of Bothnia 40 to 50 cm, in the Archipelago Sea 20 to 40 cm, in the western Gulf of Finland 35 to 45 cm and in the eastern Gulf of Finland, 40 to 65 cm.
		The ice thickness in open sea was 40 to 60 cm in the Bay of Bothnia, 10 to 20 cm in the Sea of Bothnia, 10 to 25 cm in the western Gulf of Finland and 25 to 50 cm in the eastern Gulf of Finland.
	www.fimr.fi /en/palvelut/jaapalvelu/jaatalvi2003-2004.html (752 words)

	The Vyborg Castle Museum
		View of the town of Vyborg from the observation deck in the St.Olaf Tower of the Vyborg Castle
		The Vyborg Castle on the New Year Eve.
		A navy antiaircraft gun in the "Attack of the Vyborg Bay islands" exhibit
	www.oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/pgallery.php3?MUSEUM=01 (647 words)

	February, 1940
		~ Soviet activity in the Bay of Vyborg is increasing, as they are trying to cross the bay, which is now covered with ice.
		Kollontai informs to Tanner, who is in Stockholm, that there are no relief's coming to the terms in which the Soviet Union can make a peace with Finland.
		Kollontai informs the Finnish delegation, that the Soviet Union is expecting the answer for peace proposal no later than 1st of March, 1940.
	www.silentwall.com /WWFebruary1940.html (1078 words)

	The Battle of Suomussalmi 1939
		Soon, however, the troops had to be moved to the line Bay of Vyborg – Vyborg – Vuoksi-river.
		The Finns concentrated to the repelling fights of the Karelian Isthmus all the men that could be disengaged, even including Lapland, where the frontier responsibility was given to Swedish volunteers.
		The fightings moved from the region Vyborg – Tali to the Bay of Vyborg.
	www.raatteenportti.fi /english/history1.htm (1358 words)

	Knightly Castle international festival in Vyborg - Pravda.Ru
		The Reconstruction of the Middle Ages" 7th international festival opens in the town of Vyborg (the Leningrad region) on Thursday.
		The Vyborg castle was built in 1293 on a small island in a narrow strait, linking the western branch of the Vuoksa River and the Vyborg Bay of the Baltic Sea.
		Nowadays, this is the only medieval castle in Russia, which hosts the Vyborg Museum of Local Lore and the Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
	english.pravda.ru /culture/2002/07/25/33170.html (481 words)

	Pravda.RU Sailing-ship dating back to beginning of St Petersburg's construction found in Baltic sea
		The expedition worked in the Vyborg bay near Paasluota draw, where in 1995 the society found the Swedish battle ship Lovisa Ulrika that sank on June 22, 1790, during the Vyborg battle.
		They may have come from stone-pits situated near the bay, where during the first years of St Peterburg's construction granite was extracted to be sent to the new capital.
		Participants in the undersea archaeological expedition of the Memory of Baltic society completed their work in the Vyborg bay near St Petersburg, RIA Novosti learned from its head, reserve counter-admiral Konstantin Shopotov.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2003/06/13/48195.html (2179 words)

	Finnish Institute of Marine Research - Services
		At the end of January strong winds broke up the ice field in the Bay of Bothnia and ice was packed off the Finnish coast forming a heavily ridged ice belt at the fast ice edge.
		The ice thickness on the open sea was 30-70 cm in the Bay of Bothnia, northern part, and 10-40 cm in the southern part, 5-20 cm in the Sea of Bothnia and 20-50 cm in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland.
		The ice season was about a week shorter than average in the northern part of the Bay of Bothnia, more than a week longer than average in the southern part of the Bay of Bothnia and about a week longer than average off the coast in the Sea of Bothnia.
	www.fimr.fi /en/palvelut/jaapalvelu/2000.html (853 words)

	Vyborg: Hotels & Resorts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Russia, 188900 Leningrad Region, Vyborg, Zheleznodorozhnaya Str., 5
		Russia, 188900 Leningrad Region, Vyborg, Leningradsky Prosp., 18
		Russia, 188800 Leningrad Region, Vyborg, Nikolaev Str., 3
	all-hotels.ru /vyborg/hotels/index.en.html (50 words)

	The North-European gas pipeline (NEGP) Technical features
		The starting point for the sea section of the NEGP will be a coastal compressor station, which will be built in Portovaya bay (near Vyborg in the Leningrad Region).
		Gas pipeline offshore section from Vyborg to Greifswald will be 1,200 km long, with 1,219 mm in diameter and a 210 atm working pressure.
		Rated capacity of the North European gas pipeline will be 55 bcm.
	negp.info /news/news3.html (157 words)

	"The Traveller's Yellow Pages On-Line: SAILING" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They teach children and adults sailing, offer yachts for rent and complete with crew, and organize tours on boats and yachts.
		The tours take place on Finnish Bay, to Vyborg and Kronshtadt.
		In addition, there is a firm "Sun Sail" which offers tours on sail yuchts, boats, and rest in sea hotels of Saint Petersburg, Spain, Cyprus, Austria.
	www.infoservices.com /stpete/813.htm (97 words)

	The North-European gas pipeline (NEGP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The NEGP will bypass transit states reducing sovereign risks and costs of Russian gas delivery and enhancing reliability of export supplies.
		The NEGP will run under the waters of the Baltic Sea from Portovaya bay (near Vyborg) to the coast of Germany (near Greifswald).
		The plan is to build two parallel gas pipeline legs each about 1,200 km long.
	www.negp.info (290 words)

	Motti - Virtualpilots_1 Sat July 2nd 2005 at 19 CET, 21 Moscow, 13 US eastern time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The attack to take the rest of the Karelian Isthmus begun.
		The Finnish troops crossed the bay of Viipuri and River Vuoksi, flanking Viipuri on both sides.
		Prepared for street fighting, three Soviet divisions were waiting in Viipuri for the Finnish troops to arrive.
	vp1.telija.net /motti (659 words)

	ProKarelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Finnish troops retreated on all fronts but managed to halt the Soviet advance.
		At that time the Karelian front ran from the Bay of Vyborg and the town of Ihantala down along the Vuoksi River to Lake Ladoga.
		With its back to the wall, Finland had no option but to sign the peace agreement in Paris in 1947.
	www.prokarelia.net /hu/reform/print.php?x=1-12 (491 words)

	Schroeder Named Chairman of Russian Gazprom’s Baltic Pipeline Subsidiary - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He then waved an arm to signal workers to begin the ceremonial first weld of two pipes.
		The $4.7 billion pipeline, with an initial capacity of 27 billion cubic meters a year, will stretch 550 miles in Russia, beginning in the village of Gryazovets, about 150 miles east of Babayevo, and ending on Portovaya Bay, near Vyborg north of St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland.
		From there, it will plunge under the sea and re-emerge 720 miles away in Greifswald, Germany.
	www.mosnews.com /news/2005/12/10/gerschr.shtml (920 words)

	talk satellite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The North European gas pipeline will create a
		The NEGP will run under the waters of the Baltic Sea from Portovaya bay (near
		The plan is to build two parallel gas pipeline legs each about
	www.talksatellite.com /EMEAx175.htm (413 words)

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