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	Vyborg
		The castle of Vyborg was founded during the third Swedish crusade in 1293.
		After Finland was conquerd by Russia in 1808, Vyborg was incorporated in the grand duchy of Finland in 1812 and became again the center of administration for the eastern part of the country.
		During the Finnish Civil War Vyborg was in the hands of the reds, until it was captured by the whites on 29 April 1918.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/vy/Vyborg.html (180 words)

	Vyborg - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Vyborg (Russian: Вы́борг; ; ;) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, 130 km to the northwest of St.
		The first castle of Viborg was founded during the third Swedish crusade in 1293 by the marshal Torkel Knutsson.
		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.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Vyborg (972 words)

	Vyborg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Vyborg (Russian: Вы́борг; Finnish: Viipuri; Swedish: Viborg; German: Wiburg) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, 130 km to the northwest of St. Petersburg, 38 km south from Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimaa Canal enters the Gulf of Finland.
		The town was evacuated by June 19 and the defence of Vyborg was entrusted to the 20th Brigade.
		Vyborg's most prominent landmark is the Swedish castle, started in the 13th century and extensively reconstructed in 1891–1894.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Vyborg.htm (1161 words)

	Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A castle (from the Latin castellum) is a structure that is fortified for defence against an enemy and generally serves as a military headquarters dominating the surrounding countryside[1].
		Castle walls, together with lodgings (keep) suitable for a Lord, as well as lower grade housing within the walls to accommodate some of the key population of the local area, served this purpose.
		Castles were also developed to defend key part of the countryside such as a mountain pass or river estuary, and often made use of the natural geography to support the defensive walls through exploitation of cliffs, rivers, hills, and the like.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Castle (3534 words)

	The Vyborg Castle Museum
		The town of Vyborg lying on the coast of the Gulf of Finland is located in the northwest of the Karelian Isthmus.
		The Vyborg Castle is situated on a small island in the Castle Strait which was once the emptying of the Vuoksa River that connected the Gulf of Finland with Ladoga Lake.
		The "Swedish Vyborg" exhibit displays cannon-balls, flints, case-shot and bullets adopted by the Swedish army of the 16th century.
	www.oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/01/guide.html (1098 words)

	Castle - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Caer is the Welsh term for a fort or a castle (the inaccurately-named Cave of Caerbannog ("Caer Bannog" meaning "Turreted Castle") appears in Monty Python and the Holy Grail).
		The earliest recorded structures universally acknowledged by historians as 'castles' were built of earth and wood in Northern France in probably the late tenth century or early eleventh.
		These early castles were called motte and bailey, as they consisted of an earthen mound or motte, frequently topped with a wooden tower.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Castle (3924 words)

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		Vyborg is unique town – during its existence it belonged to different states and was influenced by Swedish, German, Finnish and Russian cultures.
		In the middle of the XV century Vyborg governor Karl Knutsson Bonde (future Swedish king) continued to strengthen the castle island and the castle itself.
		And in the castle Russian garrison was billeted.
	www.someplaces.spb.ru /lenobl/vyborg/vyborg-main_eng.htm (951 words)

	Vyborg - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Vyborg (transcription of Russian Выборг) is a town with 70,000 inhabitants at Russia's border to Finland, on the Karelian Isthmus, close to Saint Petersburg.
		After Finland was conquered by Russia in 1808, Vyborg was incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Finland (as Viipuri) in 1812 and became again the center of administration for the eastern part of the country.
		During the Finnish Civil War Viipuri was in the hands of the Reds, until it was captured by the Whites on 29 April 1918.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Viipuri (655 words)

	Sea fortifications of Vyborg Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Before that, from the end of XIII centure till the beginning of XVIII century Vyborg was Swedish fortress on the Western coast of the Baltic Sea.
		Position's selection (with moving out of shore's line, as a rule, to main line of resistance) was caused by a long-range ability of the guns (nearly 0.3 km) and by necessity to resist the galley fleet.
		When Finland joined Russian empire Vyborg reserved the meaning of the important Baltic fortress though to modernize this fortress waspaid very little attention till the middle of XIX century.
	spb.org.ru /seacastles/main_e.htm (432 words)

	The Association of Castles and Museums around the Baltic Sea
		Vyborg Castle was founded by Swedes in 1293 after the third crusade made to Finland under the command of Torgils Knutsson.
		More than four centuries castle belonged to the Swedish crown and in the 15th century it was considered as one of Sweden?s most beautiful buildings.
		Vyborg Castle got its present appearance at the end of the 19th century.
	www.baltic-castles.org /portal/members/?id=47 (118 words)

	Mariinsky.ru - Opera - Premiere at Vyborg Castle
		In current XV of century Vyborg became the center of trade of an internal part of the Finnish bay and of an entrance gateway in the Karelian regions arranged on shores of the Ladoga lake.
		Simultaneously of Vyborg served a frontier fortress for Swedish kingdom, that required constant maintenance of its defensive capability.
		Modern exterior the Vyborg castle had gained at the end of XIXth century, after the reconstruction effected by the Russian military department.
	www.mariinsky.ru /en/opera/vyborg_godunov (365 words)

	Vyborg > Main
		In 1293 the governor of Sweden Torgils Knutsson with the blessing of the Pope undertook the third crusade to Southern Karelia.
		The castle on rocky island consisted of the powerful tetrahedral tower surrounded with high wall.
		Vyborg castle became one of the most powerful fortresses in Ruotsi.
	www.nortfort.ru /vyborg/index_e.html (681 words)

	The Vyborg Castle Museum
		Vyborg belongs to the oldest towns of Russia.
		The museum is located in the Vyborg Castle - the only castle in Russia designed in the European tradition.
		The unique scenery of the Castle provides the museum with an exceptional opportunity in housing various concerts, folk festivals and outdoor fetes.
	www.oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/01/info.html (299 words)

	Vyborg
		The Vyborg Castle, built in 1293 on a small island Linnan-Saari off the Baltic coast, was a powerful Swedish stronghold.
		The castle was blocking a major trade route between the Russian merchant city of Novgorod and the Baltic Sea, trough the Ladoga Lake via the Vuoksa River and the Russian fortress Karela (modern-day town of Priozersk).
		The main civil landmark of Vyborg and the surrounding area is the "Monrepo" estate.
	www.saint-petersburg.com /vyborg (563 words)

	The sea commercial port of Vyborg: Pages of history
		The port of Vyborg was founded in 1293 on the crossroads of waterways between Finnish Gulf and navigable system of the Saimaa lakes and the Vuoksa river-close to a trading settlement located on the coast of a convenient bay at the foot of medieval castle.
		In 1527 Vyborg was officially declared as "the shipyard city" which had a right to accept foreign vessels.
		The port in Vyborg was long since divided on external and internal.
	www.port.vyborg.ru /eng (532 words)

	Vyborg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		---- Vyborg from the tower of the castle Vyborg (transcription of Russian &1042;&1099;&1073;&1086;&1088;&1075;) is a town with 70,000 inhabitants at Russia's border to Finland, on the Karelian Isthmus, close to Saint Petersburg.
		Vyborg castle In pre-historic times the area where Vyborg is located was a trading center on River Vuoksi's western branch, which has now dried up.
		The church in Vyborg In 1917 Finland declared itself independent.
	vyborg.iqnaut.net (603 words)

	Pravda.RU:Knightly Castle international festival in Vyborg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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.
		The castle was often reconstructed during 700 years of its existence (for the last time in 1891).
		Nowadays, this is the only medieval castle in Russia, which hosts the Vyborg Museum of Local Lore and the Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
	newsfromrussia.com /culture/2002/07/25/33170_.html (267 words)

	Vyborg Shipyard
		In 2003 it was 600 years since Vyborg gained rights of town and more than 500 years since first mentioning of shipbuilding in this area was made in early manuscripts.
		In 1293 the Swedes founded Vyborg castle, but only on 19.08.1403 the Swedish king Eric VIII granted to Vyborg rights of town.
		The first official mentioning of a shipyard in Vyborg goes back to the second half of the XV century.
	www.vyborgshipyard.ru /eng/index.php?id=4 (114 words)

	Vyborg Castle, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		More buildings were added to the Castle itself and various other defences were positioned around the town and the entrance to the Gulf of Finland.
		Not long after this all of Finland was ceded to Russia by the Swedes and Vyborg ceased to have strategic importance.
		Although it is still an interesting Castle to visit and the view from the top of the tower is superb it is quite sad to see the poor condition of the masonry and general area, particularly when you have just come from affluent Finland down the Saimaa Canal which stretches from Vyborg to Lappeenranta.
	www.r-l-p.co.uk /vyborg.html (309 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)

	Vyborg
		We stopped in Vyborg for lunch at the 16th century Swedish built castle there which, at one time, was the most formidable stronghold on the Baltic Sea, but it lost its importance when Peter the Great built Saint Petersburg.
		In 1918, the fortress was the site of the Finnish revolutionary government, and after their defeat, they were executed in the courtyard of the castle.
		Inside the castle grounds stands a statue of Lenin that had originally been placed prominantly in a square in the town center.
	texasgypsy.com /Russia/Vyborg (268 words)

	Finnish Karelia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The "Third Swedish crusade", led by the marshal Torkel Knutsson, which took place 1293–1295, resulted in the western parts of Karelia coming under Swedish rule, and in the building of the Castle of Vyborg.
		In 1635 Savonia and the parts of Karelia around Vyborg were incorporated in the Viborg and Nyslott County.
		After the Treaty of Nystad in 1721 Vyborg and the Kexholm County were ceded to Russia; and the rest was incorporated into the Kymmenegårds and Nyslott County.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finnish_Karelia (774 words)

	Lappeenranta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Enjoy a few fascinating hours in a lively Russian city built around the castle of Vyborg.
		Tour is available by request and is based on the departure dates of the boat m/s Carelia.
		Sightseeing tour in Vyborg and Russian cruise visa for EU/EEA citizens and citizens of Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.
	www.lappeenranta.fi /?deptid=13640 (355 words)

	Pravda.RU Knightly Castle international festival in Vyborg
		An exhibition of Russia's Honoured Artist Fyodor Torkhov, a member of the central board of the Mongolia's Friends Society, opened in Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia.
		Today, the theatre, led by the world-renowned conductor Valegy Gergiyev, is playing Puccini's Turandot inside a medieval castle located in the town of Vyborg on the Baltic Sea shore near the Finnish border.
		Vyborg Shipyard May Possibly Build Platform for Sea Launch Rockets
	newsfromrussia.com /culture/2002/07/25/33170.html (2086 words)

	Knightly Castle international festival in Vyborg - Pravda.Ru
		Knightly Castle international festival in Vyborg - Pravda.Ru 19 October 2006
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	english.pravda.ru /culture/2002/07/25/33170.html (493 words)

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