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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hanko, Finland
		Hanko was the port of choice for emigrants leaving Finland for a new life in North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		Nummi-Pusula (IPA: /ËˆnumËiËŒpusulÉ‘/) is a municipality of Finland.
		Sammatti (IPA: /ËˆsÉ‘mËÉ‘tËi/) is a municipality of Finland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hanko%2C-Finland (3237 words)

	Hanko, Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hanko (IPA: /ˈhɑŋko/) (Hangö in Swedish, or Гангут in Russian), is a small bilingual port city on the south coast of Finland, 130 km west of Helsinki.
		The skyline of Hanko is dominated by the church and the water tower.
		Hanko was the port of choice for emigrants leaving Finland for a new life in North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hanko,_Finland (788 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Uusimaa (region)
		The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland.
		IngÃ¥; (IPA: //), or Inkoo (/ËˆiÅ‹koË/) in Finnish, is a municipality of Finland.
		Karis (IPA: //), or Karjaa (/ËˆkÉ‘rjÉ‘Ë/) in Finnish, is a municipality of Finland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Uusimaa-%28region%29 (1110 words)

	Hanko, Finland
		Hanko, (Hangö in Swedish) in Finland is a small bilingual port town on the south coast of Finland, 130 kilometers west of Helsinki.
		Following the armistice of the Finnish Winter War on March 6, 1940, Hanko was leased to the Soviet Union as a military base for a period of 50 years.
		The role of the Hanko naval base was replaced by Porkkala in the armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union of September 19, 1944.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/ha/hanko__finland.html (218 words)

	Invasion of Finland
		Their objective was to occupy the entire territory of Finland by the end of the year, installing Moscow's puppet 'Terijoki Government' in Helsinki, and establishing a new 'Democratic Republic of Finland'.
		On the other hand Finland also was grimly prepared for the worst, and began sending her national treasure - her children - to safety in Sweden, to cover the possibility of a Soviet victory and Stalin's national extermination programmes.
		Finland's war preparations and its anti-Soviet policy at home and abroad were a threat to both the Soviet Union and Finland itself.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RUSfinland.htm (2037 words)

	Hanko, Finland
		Hanko (Swedish Hangö), situated on a peninsula in southwestern Finland, is the country's most southerly town.
		Strategically situated between the gulfs of Finland and Bothnia, Hanko was settled from a very early period and was a cause of dispute in many wars and the scene of many battles.
		During the Second World War, in 1940, Finland was obliged to lease the town to the Soviet Union, but in the summer of 1941 the Finns recovered it after a long siege, during which 400 Soviet soldiers were killed.
	www.planetware.com /finland/hanko-sf-udn-han.htm (281 words)

	Surfbirds.com - Johannes Nevala - Hanko, Finland
		Hanko, the southern point of Finland, faces the sea on the south, the west and the north.
		The nature in Hanko is incredibly varied because of the temperate climate and the geographic location.
		Hanko has 130 km of coastline, of which 30 km are sandy beaches
	www.surfbirds.com /Sketchbook%20/nevala1104.html (727 words)

	Hanko - Encyclopedia.com
		A popular bathing resort and a manufacturing town, it is the most important winter port in Finland.
		Judging by the way the votes were falling, Hanko said he thought he had lost his seat to...
		Hanko did not seem convinced that the authority...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Hanko.html (881 words)

	Baltic Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Riga freeze typically in late January.
		Lands next to the sea's eastern shore were among the last in Europe to be converted into Christianity in the Northern Crusades: Finland in the 12th century by the Swedes, and what are now Estonia and Latvia in the early 13th century by the Danes and the Germans (Livonian Brothers of the Sword).
		Shipbuilding is practiced in many large shipyards around the Baltic: Gdańsk, Szczecin in Poland, HDW in Kiel, Germany, Karlskrona and Kockums in Malmö, Sweden, and Rauma, Turku, Helsinki in Finland, Rīga, Liepāja in Latvia and Klaipėda in Lithuania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltic_Sea (3257 words)

	Hanko & Ekenas
		The section around Hanko is strewn with rocks, and is subject to the swell, but once you reach the outskirts of Tammisaari the route is more sheltered.
		Hanko is the Finnish sailing centre, and is always popular.
		About 10 miles east of Hanko, Tammisaari is one of the more popular destinations, as the town, with its leafy streets and wooden houses, is rather pretty and the beaches superb.
	www.kissen.co.uk /hanko.asp (850 words)

	Baltic Sea - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Finland and the Baltic states were the last in Europe to be converted into Christianity in the Northern Crusades: the former in the 12th century by the Swedes and the latter in the 13th century by the Germans.
		The Gulf of Finland connects the Baltic Sea with St.
		Shipbuilding is practiced in many large shipyards around the Baltic: Gdansk in Poland, HDW in Kiel, Germany, Karlskrona and Kockums AB in Malmö, Sweden, and Rauma, Turku, Helsinki in Finland and Klaipeda in Lithuania.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Baltic_Sea (1905 words)

	Finland Vacation Tour Travel Cruise
		Hoping to regain it, Finland joined Nazi Germany in an attack on the USSR in 1941, but the Soviets' growing strength forced the country to agree to an armistice, and Finnish forces turned to fight German forces in Lapland.
		Most of Finland, which is twice the size of the UK, is quiet, rural and wild: the Arctic zone covers a third of the country, and the other two thirds are mainly covered by forest.
		Finland has fewer hotels than museums, but there is no shortage of lakeside log cabins, all with their own sauna.
	www.scantours.com /Finland_Vacation.htm (912 words)

	Battle of Gangut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Russian Tsar Peter I had begun his offensive in Finland in the spring of 1713.
		The Russian governor in Finland, Prince Mikhail Galitzine, with his headquarters in Turku, was unable to receive support by sea, which was then far more important than land-based support.
		Due to the victory Russia was able to prevent Swedish ships from entering the waters east of the Sea of Åland and thus prolonging the occupation of Finland up to 1721, when the Treaty of Nystad ended the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Gangut (859 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Hanko
		When Finland refused to grant the Soviets a naval base and other concessions, Soviet troops attacked on several fronts in...
		It borders on the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden in the west, on Norway in the north, on Russia in the east, and on the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea in the south.
		Ivory is used in Japan primarily for hanko, which fetch from 100 to $500 each.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Hanko (966 words)

	PhotoStories : World : Finland : Search for the Coastal Life (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For example, the counties of South-East and Southern Finland are quite unknown territories for me, as I'm originated from the Central Finland.
		Obliviously this was the end of Finland — I had arrived to the southernmost city in Finland, Hanko.
		The sea has been naturally an important element for Hanko from the beginning, so practically the town is surrounded by harbors, harbor structures, lighthouses (if you possibility visit Bengtskär's lighthouse island, go for it!) and so on.
	www.tilhi.com /photostories/finland/southcoast.php (1380 words)

	Hanko > Main
		The port of Hanko began to rapidly developed with constructing the railway to Helsinki area in 1873.
		Hanko became a pearl of Southern Finland at once - magnificent summer residences and villas (area Spa Park) began appears here in the beginning of the last century.
		Nowadays Hanko is silent resort one-storeyed small town where would be pleasant to pass the rest of a stormy life...
	www.nortfort.ru /hanko/index_e.html (669 words)

	Hanko bird observatory - Tringa ry
		Hanko Bird Observatory (Halias) is maintained by The Birding Society of The Helsinki Area, Tringa ry.
		To get in to the observatory you need go through the customs area of Hanko free port, which is why you always need a permit signed by the manager of the observatory.
		The actions of Hanko Birding Observatory are yearly published in Tringa-magazine and national Linnut-yearbook (in Finnish).
	www.tringa.fi /lintuasemat/hanko_observatory.html (1512 words)

	Hangö : Hanko, Finland
		Hangö or Hanko in Finland is a small bilingual port town on the south coast of Finland, 130 kilometers west of Helsinki.
		In 1947 the Soviet Union renounced the lease formally in the Paris peace treaty of 1947, the territory had however remained in Finnish control since the base was evacuated on December 2nd 1941, during the Continuation War.
		The role of the Hangö naval base was replaced by Porkkala[?] in the armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union of September 19th 1944.
	www.fastload.org /ha/Hanko,_Finland.html (212 words)

	Hanko - The Sunny South of Finland
		Hanko lies on Cape Hanko, the southernmost point of Finland, within a stone's throw from Helsinki.
		Hanko is a thriving seaside resort surrounded by picturesque scenery, beautiful archipelago, miles of white sandy beaches and intimate bays running back to pine-covered slopes.
		The Eastern Harbour in Hanko, Finland´s largest guest harbour, is where it all happens during the light and balmy summer months.
	www.finland.com /cat-Summer%20Activities-cat-240-id.do (219 words)

	Hanko: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		One day the show-and-tell items were examples of hanko, name seals that are commonly used in Japan (and in other parts of Asia) in lieu of signatures.
		Crimea in Finland: Her Majesty's Ambassador to Finland, Matthew Kirk, Describes the Impact of the Crimean War on That Country and How It Is Being Commemorated
		When Germany attacked the USSR in June, 1941, Finland allied...cessions of territory Finland had made in 1940; however, instead of Hanko, the USSR was given a lease on the Porkkala peninsula near...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/hanko.jsp?l=H&p=1 (898 words)

	Hanko travel guide - Wikitravel
		Hanko (Hangö in Swedish) is Finland's southernmost city.
		Hanko is primary notable as a port, with regular car ferry services to Rostock in Germany.
		Hanko is best known as the site of the Hangon Regatta yacht race, held yearly in early July.
	wikitravel.org /en/Hanko (139 words)

	Stovebolt Sagas - Finland here we come!
		Hanko is "the Sunny South" of Finland and a glimpse of the past.
		The cape of Hanko was mentioned as a harbor for the first time in the late 13th century.
		The Port of Hanko was christened when the railway was built in 1873 and served for a long time as Finland's only winter harbor.
	www.stovebolt.com /features/sagas/finland (1878 words)

	The Front Museum, Hanko - Review - Hanko Front Museum - a labour of love
		Finland was invaded by its neighbour, the Soviet Union in November 1939.
		Finland had a small population and although she struggled valiantly, there was no way she could overcome the mighty Soviets and a peace treaty was signed in Moscow in March 1940.
		As one of the conditions, it was agreed that Finland would lease the Hanko headland and the sea territory around it to the Soviet union for the next thirty years.
	travel.ciao.co.uk /The_Front_Museum_Hanko__Review_5715706 (1756 words)

	Appendix II 6/06/44
		The Petsamo District.-- This area, which includes Finland's only Arctic seacoast, was a part of Tsarist Russia until 1917, and was acquired by Finland oby the Treaty of Tartu, October 1920.
		The Salla Sector, Karelia, the Hanko Penisula, and the Gulf of Finland Islands.-- The Salla Sector was a part of Finland from 1595 until its cession to the Soviet Union by the Treaty of Moscow in 1940.
		The area in dispute is mainly that ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940, a total of 13, 500 square miles, of which 9, 549 square miles were in the Karelian Isthmus region.
	www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu /fdr/psf/box52/t469k18.html (292 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Baltic Sea (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Many of the stages are named after certain marine animals (like the Littorina mollusk) that are clear markers of changing water temperatures and salinity.
		The powerful German Teutonic Knights gained control over most of the southern and eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, while fighting the Danes, the Swedes, the Russians of ancient Novgorod, and the Lithuanians (latest of all Europeans to convert to Christianity).
		Shipbuilding is practiced in many large shipyards around the Baltic: Gdańsk in Poland, HDW in Kiel, Germany, Karlskrona and Kockums AB in Malmö, Sweden, and Rauma, Turku, Helsinki in Finland and Klaipėda in Lithuania.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Baltic_Sea (1776 words)

	The Port City of Hanko
		Hanko Harbor as seen from the Hanko water tower.
		The Hanko business district is in the foreground, the rail yard beyond the business district.
		In the summer, this is the central point for the Hanko Regatta, which happens the first weekend in July, with over 200 boats competing every year.
	www.wathenadesigns.com /Finland/Towns/Hanko/hanko.html (685 words)

	hakanen.org (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is assumed that the families were not acquainted with one another in Finland, however that possibility still exists.
		Most all the Finns sailed from the port city of Hanko (Hangö to the Finns), which is located on the southern tip of Finland.
		Hanko is about 200 miles from the Seinäjoki and Jalasjärvi area of Vaasa.
	www.hakanen.org /sulofamily.html (2309 words)

	Neste Oil Rally - History
		The foundations of Neste Rally Finland were laid in the summer of 1951, after a competition called the Hanko Run in the seaside resort Hanko, southern Finland.
		The Hanko Run used to be viewed as a qualifying event of sorts, with the best finishers getting acceptance for their Monte entry.
		At a dinner after the Hanko Run in 1951 a group of seasoned Monte Carlo competitors sat together discussing about how important it was to have a relevant qualifying system for Finnish entries to Rallye Monte Carlo.
	www.nesterallyfinland.fi /en/history (367 words)

	Additional Tour: Pohja - Tammisaari (Ekenäs) - Hanko (Hangö) in Finland - Official Travel and Tourism Guide
		From the picturesque ironworks milieu of Fiskars you can take an additional tour to the southern point of Finland.
		Hanko has fine sandy beaches and boulevards, old villas, apartments and cottages where you can stay overnight or spend an enjoyable holiday by the sea.
		There are daily excursions to the "Pike's Gut", which is one of the most popular sights in Hanko.
	www.visitfinland.com /w5/index.nsf/%28pages%29/hanko_Tour (223 words)

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