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In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  THOUSAND-YEAR SORTAVALA
The fortress hill Paaso was a historical centre of Sortavala, its pride and its fame.
Sortavala is the central town of Ladoga Karelia, historical and border area, belonging in different times to Sweden, Finland and Russia.
The town of Sortavala in the Finnish period of its history (till 1939) was a cultural and tourist centre of Ladoga Karelia.
www.sortavala.ru /portal/found_eng.html   (1193 words)

  
 One day Valaam tour
In the vicinity of Sortavala, the central town of Ladoga Karelia, are located spectacular thousand-year cultural landscapes and hills with ruins of medieval fortresses or remains of their stone walls.
It is highly probable that in 1187 just from an ancient harbor at the foot of Paaso the Karelians set out for their legendary and victorious seaborne raid to Sigtuna, the main stronghold of the Scandinavian warriors...
In 1920-30 under the independent Finland there used to function in Sortavala an efficient system of "landscape tourism", its pivot being the most valuable landscape components around the town and of the whole Ladoga Karelia.
www.sortavala.ru /w_valaam/val_tour_3.html   (953 words)

  
  Sortavala
Sortavala (Сортавала) is a town in the Russian Republic of Karelia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga.
Like most of Karelia, Sortavala was re-conquered and occupied by Finland during 1941–44 (the period of the Continuation War).
Until 1940, the Ladoga shore southwest of Sortavala had been one of the very few areas north of the Karelian Isthmus that was relatively densely populated by Karelians.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/so/sortavala.html   (159 words)

  
 Rogers Family: 1999 and back in time - pafg39 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Väinö Ollikainen was born 13 Sep 1903 in Sortavala msk.
Maria Johannesson Ketolainen was born 27 Oct 1848 in Sortavala msk.
Matts Johannesson Ketolainen was born 1 Jul 1846 in Sortavala msk.
www.innernet.org /tsalagi/gen/pafg39.htm   (465 words)

  
 road_trip: June, the 4th. Karelia. Sortavala
At first we are moving to Sortavala (and we’ve took Vita to the train at 5 o’clock in the morning).
Sortavala (35 000 citizens) is a former finnish land.
Till thirties the Sortavala bridge was the longest bridge in Finland, sort of the country’s pride.
community.livejournal.com /road_trip/43337.html   (611 words)

  
 Fighter Squadron 21 history, Page 1b
Pitkäsilta is visible between the wings and in the middle is the Sortavala church.
To the left of the church is the Sortavala school.
Because of the strategic location of the Sortavala Air Station it had a very important mission in the surveillance of the eastern border till the Tartto Peace Treaty.
www.saunalahti.fi /~fta/ftrsqn21_history_1b.htm   (410 words)

  
 Computers for Kids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
We are seeking donations of used educational software and raising funds to purchase computers and provide computer training and internet access for the orphanage in Sortavala, a town near the Finnish border in northwestern Russia.
Despite tremendous fund raising efforts on the part of the orphanage director, and the dedication of the teachers and orphanage staff, there are very limited resources available for the education of the children who reside there.
We have raised enough money so far to buy five computers for the Sortavala orphanage, but our goal is to purchase ten computers and provide computer training and internet access for the 60 children there.
www.angelfire.com /in/russiophiles/Computers.html   (304 words)

  
 Sortavala Travel Guide - Sortavala Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
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www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Russia/Respublika_Kareliya/Sortavala-555498/TravelGuide-Sortavala.html   (251 words)

  
 Trade Union News from Finland
Sortavala, Russia (14.10.1999 - Juhani Artto) Most of the economic news from Russia which reaches Finland and the rest of the world is negative and gloomy.
In Sortavala, as elsewhere in the world, women on garment assembly lines are among the lowest-paid industrial workers.
Perhaps the biggest surprise to the Finnish visitors came with the visit to Dzumjenka farm, which is not far from Sortavala town centre.
www.kaapeli.fi /unions/1999/19991014.html   (2837 words)

  
 Sortavala: Finland | Europe Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sortavala (Сортавала) is a town in the Russian Republic of Karelia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga.
Like most of Karelia, Sortavala was re-conquered and occupied by Finland during 1941–44 (the period of the Continuation War).
Until 1940, the Ladoga shore southwest of Sortavala had been one of the very few areas north of the Karelian Isthmus that was relatively densely populated by Karelians.
europe-chronicle.com /general-info/1310/sortavala-finland   (540 words)

  
 Minerals Engineering International - Plant Operation News: Europe
High-quality aggregate is brought to Moscow all the way from Sortavala, located close to the Finnish border, in the Republic of Karelia, some 1000 km from Moscow.
The quarry in Sortavala is run by PIK Holding, one of the largest construction companies in Moscow.
The Sortavala plant forms a complete Sandvik Rock Processing delivery, and was sold through their dealer in the region - Integra Ltd. Sandvik Rock Processing designed and built the control system.
www.min-eng.com /ops/eu/36.html   (627 words)

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