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	Vyborg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vyborg (Cyrillic Выборг, Finnish Viipuri, German Wiburg) is a 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.
		During the Finnish Civil War Viipuri was in the hands of the Reds, until it was captured by the Whites on 29 April 1918.
		On 29 August 1941, Viipuri was recaptured by Finnish troops, which proceeded to lay siege to the city of Saint Petersburg in the deadliest siege in history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viipuri (799 words)

	Finnish Music Information Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He was born in Viipuri (Vyborg), now a part of the Russian Karelian Republic, on October 24th 1877, and he died in Locarno in Switzerland in 1899, two days short of his 22nd birthday.
		Viipuri had a rich history as an international centre for culture and commerce, stretching back to the Middle Ages.
		Viipuri was at one stage Finland's second-largest city, and its musical life competed with that of Helsinki, right up to the 1930s.
	www.fimic.fi /fimic/fimic.nsf/78c5859000bfdd3ec225669600175077/35689d3ce672aba1c225682d00261bcd!OpenDocument (2517 words)

	Viipuri Library: 70th Anniversary in 2005 — Virtual Finland
		The Municipal Aalto Library of the City of Vyborg (original name Viipuri Library) is one of the most important works of Alvar Aalto and together with the Paimio Sanatorium a cornerstone of his international fame and considered to be a masterpiece of the 20th century architectural heritage.
		At the end of the 1980s, Finnish and international interest in the Viipuri Library arose and in 1991 the restoration project of the Viipuri Library was started when Elissa Aalto, Alvar Aalto's second wife and working partner, together with the Aalto Club, launched an international appeal for repair of the library.
		The restoration of Viipuri Library is a critical process and an interesting pilot project for the restoration and conservation of modern architecture.
	virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=28840 (1207 words)

	MIKAEL AGRICOLA FACTS AND INFORMATION
		His teachers apparently recognized his aptitude for languages and his rector Bartholomeus sent him to Viipuri for Latin school and some priest training, where he attended the school of Johannes Erasmi.
		It was probably in Viipuri where he first came in touch with the reformation and Humanism.
		Viipuri's castle was ruled by a German count Johann, who had served the king of Sweden, Gustav Vasa.
	www.whereintheworldiskerry.com /Mikael_Agricola (1065 words)

	Witchcraft - Summary
		In Viipuri Karelia 88 persons were accused in 63 trials for witchcraft and magic.
		Even later than this, in Viipuri Karelia the majority accused were men throughout the 17th century.
		In Viipuri Karelia there were no charges concerned with witches' Sabbaths, but the accused person's relation with the devil was investigated on several occasions for other reasons.
	www.chronicon.com /noita/summary.html (7250 words)

	Battle of Tali-Ihantala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was a battle in World War II, part of the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
		It lasted from June 25 to July 9, 1944 in the small area (100km²) between the Gulf of Viipuri and Vuoksi river, and ended with Soviet forces giving up, unsuccessfully, on their attempts to force their way through the Finnish defences.
		The VT-line was breached in Sahakylä and Kuuterselkä on June 14 and after failed counterattack in Kuuterselkä by the Finnish armoured division the defence was pulled back to the VKT-line (Viipuri (Vyborg) - Kuparsaari - Taipale).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Tali-Ihantala (763 words)

	Alvar Aalto. Viipuri Library. Viipurin kirjasto.
		Viipuri Library (also referred to as Vyborg Library), which was designed by Alvar Aalto and completed in 1935, is a masterpiece of International Modernism in both European and global terms.
		At the time of its completion, the town of Viipuri was part of Finland, but was ceded to the Soviet Union after the Second World War.
		Alvar Aalto won the design competition for Viipuri Library in 1927 with a proposal that was strongly marked by Nordic Classicism.
	www.alvaraalto.fi /viipuri/building.htm (438 words)

	Finnish Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Eastern Orthodox Christianity was introduced to Finland during Russian rule in the 19th century.
		In Helsinki, Viipuri and Karelian Isthmus, Orthodoxy was associated with the country's ruling elite, however many rural Finns, Sami and Karelians were also members of the Orthodox Church.
		After the city of Viipuri was lost to the Soviet Union, its Diocesan seat was moved to Helsinki.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Finnish_Orthodox_Church (424 words)

	Finland WW2 Photos (3): Continuation War: Russians in Viipuri, Russian POW's
		After many victories in the Winter War by the Finns, Viipuri (Vyborg) was finally captured by the Soviets, but it cost them dearly.
		Viipuri was a good port that the Russians had wanted for hundreds of years.
		The picture of Russian occupation troops was found by Antti when he returned to Viipuri in 1941.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Parthenon/3818/RUS.HTM (457 words)

	FUNCTIONALISM... - INTRODUCTION
		The City of Viipuri was, even by its very history, a suitable and expected place for the widespread application of the new Modernist architecture that was emerging in the wake of the so far dominating 1920s Nordic Classicism.
		Viipuri (or Vyborg, the Russian name, which is perhaps internationally better known) had been from its beginnings not only a vivid trading center, but also an international and "cosmopolitan" city.
		When the Second World War broke out, Viipuri was the second largest city in Finland (albeit only due to the annexation of suburbs, something that was done in Turku only after the war, and then it beat Viipuri hands down...), with the busiest export harbour and perhaps the liveliest commercial activity in the country.
	www.greatgridlock.net /Viipuri/intro.html (710 words)

	War: Finland: WWII, WW2, World War II, Continuation War, Finland 1941: Antti's Karelia Picture Gallery - Laatokka - ...
		Viipuri (Vyborg) was a wonderful Karelian city that Meeri and Antti loved dearly.
		But in a few months, their carefree life in Viipuri would be over.
		Viipuri oli kaunis laulujen ja satujen maan pääkaupunki jota äiti ja isä, Meeri ja Antti, rakastivat.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Parthenon/3818/JORONEN.HTM (1625 words)

	HS Foreign 21.1.2003 - Viipuri then and Vyborg now: Is there any difference? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pickpockets, muggers, and petty criminals have become such a nuisance, and the police response has been so nonchalant, that Finnish tour operators and bus companies placed an embargo on the city from early January to mid-February.
		A glance at the old crime statistics reveals that things were also pretty wild and woolly in old Viipuri (as they were across the entire Karelian Isthmus) when it was still a part of Finland before 1940.
		Viipuri then or Vyborg now; things haven't changed so very much from the good old days.
	www2.helsinginsanomat.fi /english/archive/news.asp?id=20030121IE13 (530 words)

	The Karelian Isthmus front-line 13 March 1940
		Ammo shortage (especially the artillery) was catastrophic, the thick ice that covered the Bay of Viipuri and Vuoksi-river gave the Red Army good attack routes, since the Finnish AT-capability was still very limited, despite of the recently arrived 25mm French antitank guns and some captured 45mm guns.
		Almost all planes of the Finnish Air Forces were committed to the fight in Bay of Viipuri.
		The situation on the Viipuri coast area was so alarming, that the Finnish high command had already drawn a plan, and was seriously considering, a general withdrawal to a shorter line.
	www.winterwar.com /Maps/Frontline3.htm (771 words)

	Karelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1635 Savonia and the parts of Karelia around Viipuri were incorporated in the "province of Viipuri and Savonlinna".
		After the Treaty of Nystad in 1721 the provinces of Viipuri and Käkisalmi (Kexholm) were ceded to Russia and the rest was incorporated into of the "province of Savonlinna and Kyminkartano".
		After the Second World War, when the new border was established close to that of 1721, the Finnish remains of the Province of Viipuri were made into the "Province of Kymi".
	www.theezine.net /k/karelia.html (601 words)

	Mathia - Matthia Names from IGI - pafg13 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		was christened on 20 Jun 1809 in Valkeala, Viipuri, Finland.
		was christened on 6 Jun 1809 in Valkeala, Viipuri, Finland.
		was christened on 29 Jul 1809 in Valkeala, Viipuri, Finland.
	www.matthia.org /web/mathiaigi/pafg13.htm (115 words)

	Tarton Rauha
		Viipuri (Vyborg) was the only Finnish medieval town built of stone and the fortress of Viipuri had great symbolic meaning for the nation.
		The biggest source of embarrassment is the city of Viipuri.
		Ahmatova was inspired by the beauty of Viipuri, which she was able to recognize even through the ruins.
	tartonrauha.net /m8.php (1573 words)

	LIVE FROM UPPSALA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Maija and Tapani had planned a weeklong excursion to document the library with some concrete experts and a group of students from Helsinki University and generously invited me to come along as their guest.
		Unfortunately, Viipuri library remains in dire need of resources to complete the restoration work begun by Tapani, Maija and their Russian counterparts.
		I hope my research, which I hope to publish soon, will both shed some light on Aalto’s contribution to modern architecture and call attention to the work yet to be done on the restoration of one of the twentieth century’s most important buildings.
	www.amscan.org /longboat_atwork.html (649 words)

	Artek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Viipuri library is considered one of Aalto's most important and beautiful buildings where the pure white functionalist style contrasts with warmth of wood interior.
		It is also the first project where he extensively employed a furnishing system based on a standard component, the bent wooden L Leg.
		Today the library is in very bad condition and an international association Friends of Viipuri Library has been formed to raise funds for the restoration.
	www.artek.fi /en/projects_a.html?Id=2 (102 words)

	Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Piece Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Among the earliest is music composed for a historical tableau vivant staged by the Viipuri Student Association in November 1893.
		The main city of the province of Karelia, Viipuri (Vyborg) was an important locus of Finnish cultural and political strength, particularly as opposed to Russia, the giant on the other side of the border.
		The Overture, which also introduces themes heard in the other movements of the Suite, depicts the grandeur of the Viipuri castle with something like the pomp Arthur Sullivan had used a few years before for the Tower of London in The Yeomen of the Guard.
	www.laphil.org /resources/piece_detail.cfm?id=1544&back=http://www.LAPhil.com/resources/performer_detail.cfm?id=444;; (304 words)

	Fennoscandia archaeologica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Aleksandr Saksa, Stanislav Belsky, Aleksandr Kurbatov, Nadezhda Polyakova and Mervi Suhonen, New archaeological excavations in Viipuri.
		In the summer of 1998, a new stage of archaeological investigations began in Viipuri.
		The work is conducted by the Vyborg (Viipuri) archaeological expedition of the Institute of History of Material Culture (St. Petersburg, Russia) under the leadership of PhD Aleksandr Saksa.
	rontti.helsinki.fi /sarks/fa/faxix.html (638 words)

	Art in America: Wijnanda Deroo at Avery Library, Columbia University.(New York, New York)(review of exhibitions)(Brief ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This exhibition of 17 photographs of Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library by New York-based Dutch photographer Wijnanda Deroo was part of a continuing effort to save and maintain the deteriorating modernist landmark.
		Conceived by Aalto in 1927, the library was completed in 1935, when Viipuri, now part of Russia, still belonged to Finland.
		In 1960, the Russians undertook a partial renovation; since that time, despite its dilapidated condition, it has been in continuous use as Viipuri's...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:55149295&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (200 words)

	Education: Old merry Viipuri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		ld merry Viipuri (now called Vyborg by the Russians) is the capital of the lost province of Karelia and has an almost mythical status in songs and stories.
		Before the war it was Finland's most cosmopolitan place and also, with 74,403 inhabitants in 1939, the second-biggest city.
		Economically and culturally, bustling Viipuri was the gateway to St. Petersburg.
	www.publiscan.fi /sc19e-9.htm (86 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Winter War Diaries
		Only Viipuri was hit that morning, by a feeble raid of 200 aircraft.
		By the time Viipuri was hit again in the afternoon, by a repeat raid of 200, even more amazing news was reaching the High Command via the headquarters of VI Corps.
		The air defense coordinator at Viipuri reported a medium-sized raid that morning, 350 planes, which was punished and sent on its way leaving 15 wrecks and a few casualties.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=98966&page=2 (7131 words)

	The weather during the Winter War, part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On 25 December, -23 C was measured in Kuopio and Jyväskylä while on 26 December -19 C was measured in Helsinki, -25 C in Viipuri, -26 C in Sortavala, -29 C in Kajaani and -23 C in Oulu and -29 C in Sodankylä.
		On Saturday, 6 January, the temperatures were around or below -20 Celsius (-23 C in Viipuri, -26 in Oulu and -23 C in Sodankylä).
		On the contrary, at that time frame, it was the Finnish IV Corps in Ladoga Karelia, which was conducting offensive operations against the 8th Army.
	www.winterwar.com /other/weather.htm (3504 words)

	Erik Hedlund´s descendants in three generations
		This picture is from the beginning of 1900 centure in Esisaari near harbor of Viipuri Isle of Uuras.
		Emigrated 12.9.1883 Viipuri and after that to Terijoki.
		Emigrated 1.10.1900 to rural local authority area of Viipuri and after the war 12.8.1949 to Asikkala.
	www.kolumbus.fi /penmal/hedl2.htm (313 words)

	Norman Foster to chair Alvar Aalto Committee Charitable Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lord Foster, one of the world's leading contemporary architects, is collaborating with the Ambassador of Finland to help save a building by one of the greatest architects of an earlier generation, the Finnish modernist Alvar Aalto (1898-1976).
		One of Aalto's greatest works, the Viipuri Library, completed in 1935, is where he devised many of the features for which he is best known.
		Designed as a beacon of enlightenment, learning and democracy, it fell victim to the political upheavals of World War II, as the city of Viipuri was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union.
	www.studio-international.co.uk /capsules/foster_30_5_03.htm (321 words)

	Alvar Aalto. Viipuri Library. Viipurin kirjasto.
		Alvar Aalto's Viipuri Library is presented in its original form in a touring exhibition.
		The intention of this exhibition is to publicize the library restoration project and collect funds for its implementation.
		The exhibition is available on loan, on the basis that the exhibitor covers all transportation costs, plus travel and accommodation costs for one Finn who will oversee the installation.
	www.alvaraalto.fi /viipuri/exhibit.htm (366 words)

	181 SIGNAL PENPAL MAGAZINE - 150 pages, 5.000 ads, 300 photos, 500 clubs, YOUR AD FREE ! Publisher Raimo Kaarna, Box ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		VIIPURI is the Finnish name of 'Vyborg' which belonged to FINLAND before the Second World War.
		Signal publisher's parents got married in 1936 and lived in Viipuri, my older brother was born in Viipuri in 1937.
		Viipuri was lost to Russia in the war.
	www.saunalahti.fi /~signal * fax 358-3-7334799 - !http://www.phnet.fi/public/signal/vanhat/0181.htm (773 words)

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