Viipuri Province information

Viipuri Province was a historical province of Finland from 1812 to 1945. The predecessor of the province was Vyborg Governorate, which was established...

Vyborg (/ˈviːbɔːrɡ/; Russian: Выборг, IPA: [ˈvɨbərk]; Finnish: Viipuri, IPA: [ˈʋiːpuri]; Swedish: Viborg, IPA: [ˈvǐːbɔrj] ; German: Wiborg, IPA: [ˈviːbɔʁk])...

Karelia. The province of Swedish Karelia would include this territory, plus the region east of the Kymi river, with Viborg (Finnish: Viipuri) becoming the...

Finnish: Hämeen lääni) Oulu Province (Russian: Улеаборгская губерния, Swedish: Uleåborgs län, Finnish: Oulun lääni) Viipuri Province (Russian: Выборгская губерния...

Aarne Edward Juutilainen (Finnish: [ˈɑːrne ˈjuːtilɑi̯nen]; 18 October 1904 – 28 October 1976), nicknamed "Marokon kauhu" (English: The Terror of Morocco)...

Old Finland was joined to the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland as Viipuri Province in 1812. In the Treaty of Nystad (1721) that concluded the Great Northern...

established in 1960. Kouvola was annexed to Viipuri Province in 1922–1945 but in 1940 and 1944, most of Viipuri County was ceded to the Soviet Union, and...

Widenius). In 1891, at the age of 18, he enrolled at the Drawing School of the Viipuri Friends of Art, and he also studied at the Drawing School of the Finnish...

War, Viipuri was the fourth-largest city in Finland, with about 30,000 people. The surrounding Viipuri Province was the largest Finnish province with...

Voldemar Oinonen (1891–1963) was a Finnish military commander. 1939–1940 Assistant Chief General Staff 1940 General Officer Commanding 23rd Division 1940...

transferred from Russia proper to the grand duchy and established as Viipuri Province. The transfer, announced by Tsar Alexander I just before Christmas...

back to the 18th century and the Viipuri Province, when the border with the Kingdom of Sweden ran west of the province. The number of Russian soldiers...

volunteer Civil Guards of southwestern Finland, southern Ostrobothnia and Viipuri province in the southeastern corner of Finland. The first local battles were...

Pekka Kiiski (30 August 1897 – 11 July 1976) was a Finnish farmer, journalist and politician, born in Kurkijoki. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland...

Matti Armas Aarnio, known as Motti-Matti (24 February 1901, Kouvola – 16 December 1984) was a Finnish military officer and a specialist in motti battles...

Knut Magnus Enckell (9 November 1870 in Hamina – 27 November 1925 in Stockholm) was a Finnish symbolist painter. At first, he painted with a subdued palette...

Anna Haapasalo (24 February 1882 – 13 June 1965; née Tiainen) was a Finnish baker and politician, born in Sortavalan maalaiskunta. She was a member of...

Toini Voipio (23 May 1878 – 2 April 1937; original surname Åkerman) was a Finnish educator and politician, born in Vyborg. She was a member of the Parliament...

The Baltic Sea port city of Viborg (Finnish: Viipuri) became the capital of the new Swedish province, with the Fief of Viborg existing from 1320 to...

Kaarlo Viljam Kajatsalo (28 September 1909 – 22 February 1988; surname until 1945 Salo) was a Finnish educator and politician, born in Vehkalahti. He was...

1997. The Kymi Province was the remainder of the territory from the Viipuri Province after the main part was left to Russia at the Moscow Armistice in 1944...

Leopold Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin (24 November 1839 – 26 January 1914), known as Leo Mechelin, was a Finnish politician, professor, liberal reformer and...

Vilho Reima (28 October 1867 – 28 February 1948; name until 1906 Wilhelm Reiman) was a Finnish schoolteacher and politician, born in Kymi. He was a member...