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Agricola Mikael (1510- 1557), clergy figure
Agricola, Mikael, (about 1510- 1557), a Finnish clergy figure, founder of the Finnish literary language. During 1536-1539 he was apprenticed the Wittenberg University to Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon. Mikael Agricola was the Head of the... more


Ahrenberg, Johann Jacob (1847 - 1914), an architect
Ahrenberg, Johann Jacob (1847, Vyborg - 1914), an architect, writer, ethnographer. During 1870-1875 he learned at the Royal Academy of Free Arts in Stockholm. During 1876-1877 and 1879-1882 he was a teacher of Drawing and History of Arts at the... more


Baryshevo, settlement
BARYSHEVO, a settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 299. It situated on the bank of the Vuoksa River. It was established in 1949 in a merger of the localities Paakkola, Ojapelto, Seppälä, and Pölläkkälä. Pölläkkälä (the name originates from the... more


Bezpalov, Innokenty Fyodorovich (1877 - 1959), an architect
Innokenty Fyodorovich Bezpalov (1877–1959), an architect, artist and sculptor. From 1898 to 1910 Bezpalov learned (with breaks) at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. He worked in Krasnoyarsk, Tver, Vyshny Volochek, in the Ukraine, in Finland. In... more


Bolshoye Kuzyomkino, village
BOLSHOYE KUZYOMKINO (Finnish Narvusi), a village in Kingisepp District. Population: 961. It situated at the confluence of the Mertvitsa and the Luga. It was first mentioned in Swedish sources in 1614 (in July 2004, the 390th anniversary of its... more


"Concertina", orchestra of accordionists
“GARMONIKA” (“Accordion”), accordionists’ orchestra. It was founded in 1950 by a teacher Savin F.F. on the base of accordionists’ orchestra at Gatchina Town children’s music school named after Ippolitov-Ivanov . Its present name the orchestra... more


Engel, Karl (1778 - 1840), an architect
Engel, Karl Lyudvigovich (Karl Ludvig) (1778 - 1840), an architect, town-planner. He was originated from Germany. He graduated from the Academy of Architecture in Berlin. Engel worked in Abo (Turku) and Helsingfors (Helsinki). From 1825 he was in... more


Eparhy of Vyborg and Finland
The Eparchy of Vyborg and Finland. In 1809 Finland was included into the Russian Empire. There were about twenty five thousand members of the Orthodox Church (the majority of members was in the Ladoga rigion) in sixteen parishes of Finland in... more


Ethnic deportations
Ethnic deportations are forced resettlement carried out according to an ethnic signs. In 1935-36 in the Leningrad Oblast there were some activities on purging the zone of land with 22 kilometres wide at the border with Finland "from kulak and... more


Ethnic groups if the Leningrad Oblast
Ethnic communities of the Leningrad Oblast. The settled communities of people historically formed on the certain territory, having the common features of culture and self-consciousness expressed in the native name are called an ethnic community (or... more


Farmsteads
FARMSTEADS, settlements (mostly of one homestead), separated into a farm on a plot of land individually owned or used. In the Russian tradition, the term F. as applied to homesteads in Finnish villages of a scattered planning (in particular,... more


Finno-Ugric nations
Finno-Ugric nations are ethnic communities speaking the languages of the Finno-Ugric group which is a part (together with the Samoyedic and Yukaghir groups) of the Ural (Uralic-Yukaghir) language family. Finno-Ugric nations have lived historically... more


Finns
Finns (old use - Chukhnas, their native name is Suomalaiset) is an ethnic community which is a part of the population of the Leningrad Oblast. In the world there are more than 5 million Finns. They are the main population of Finland (4,6 million... more


Finns of Ingermanlandia
Finns of Ingermanlandia (Finns-Inkeri, Finns of Leningrad; old use - Chukhonets, Maimists; their own native names - Soumalaiset, Inkerin Suomolaiset) are an ethnic community. They speak local accents of the eastern dialects (the Baltic-Finnic... more


"Gardarika", a radio station
«GARDARICA»,Radio House,limited (liability) company (Saint Petersburg.,Smolnogo street,3). Government radio station of Leningrad Oblast. It was founded in 1993. Apart from towns and districts of Leningrad oblast (Priozersk ,Vyborg,Luga,Kingisepp... more


Gesellius, Hermann Ernst Henrik
Gesellius, Hermann Ernst Henrik (1874-1916), an architect. In 1897 Gesellius graduated from the Politechnic Institute in Helsinki. During 1896-1904 Gesellius worked at the bureau "Gesellius - Linfgren - Saarinen", after closing the bureau in... more


Gulf of Finland, the
GULF OF FINLAND, in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea. Area: about 29,800 sq. km (7% of the Baltic Sea area.) Length: 400 km (from the Khanko Peninsula to SPb.) Max. width: 130 km (near the western border of Leningrad Oblast, at the meridian of... more


Ingermanlandia
INGERMANLANDIA (Swed. Ingermanland, Rus. Izhora Land or Ingria), historic and cultural region in the western part of the Leningrad Oblast (Kingisepp, Volosovo, Lomonosov, Vsevolozhsk, Gatchina, Tosno, western part of Kirovsk Districts.) The western... more


"Inkerin Liito", a Finnish Public Society
"Inkerin Lito" ("Ingermanlandsky soyuz" ("Ingermanlandian Union") is a society of Finns of Ingermanlandia. It was organized in 1988 (the constituent assembly was in Taytsi Urban Settlement) and registered in 1989. In S.Petersburg and the Leningrad... more


Ino, a fort
The Ino fort (it was named Nikolaevskiy to 1917). The fort is located on the cape Inoniemi on the north coast of the Gulf of Finland in the region of the railway station Privetninskoye (Vyborg District). The fort was built in 1908-16. It was named... more


Izhora Popular Museum, the
The Izhora Popular Museum. It was founded in the village of Vistino (the Kingisepp district) on October 1, 1993 at the building of the former primary school and with the help of the fishing kolkhoz "Baltika". Now the museum is under the culture... more


Jews
Jews (their own native name in Hebrew is yegudim, in Yiddish - yid or ayid) are an ethnic community which is a part of the population of the Leningrad Oblast. The Hebrew language is related to the Semitic group of the Afrasian language family; the... more


Kamennogorsk, town
KAMENNOGORSK (Antrea before 1948, Swedish Sankt-Andre), a town in Vyborg District. Population: 5,800. It is situated on the bank of the Vuoksa River. Initially, the area of K. belonged to Jaaski Uyezd (see Lesogorsk), split by the Nystad Treaty... more


"Katyusha", the Theatre of Costume
“KATIUSHA”, costume theatre (1, Revolutsionny alley, Gatchina Town). It was founded in 1991, organizer and unchallenged leader of the theatre is L.M. Ivanova. The aim of the company is to revive and develop traditions of Russian culture in amateur... more


"Khight Castle", a military- historical festival
“RYTSARSKY ZAMOK” (“KNIGHT’S CASTLE”), military and historical festival. It has been annually held in the middle of the summer since 1996. Dedicated to the anniversary of the Neva River battle (1240). Organizers – State museum “Vyborgsky Zamok”... more


Kikerino, urban settlement
KIKERINO, an urban settlement in Volosovo District. Population: 2,000. It is situated at the Bolshiye Kolpany-Volosovo road. The name is probably related to the Baltic Finnish last name Kekki (Kekke.) The toponym K. is mentioned in Novgorod’s... more


Konkka, Yuhani (1904-1970), a literary man
Konkka, Yuhani (1904, Konkkala located near Toksovo settlement -1970), a writer, tramslator. In 1915 Yuhani Konkka joined at the People's College in Impilakhti Town and then at the theological seminary in Sortavala. In 1919 Konkka's family mooved to... more


Kuznechnoye, urban settlement
KUZNECHNOYE, urban settlement in Priozersk District. Population: 5,200. Located in the north-east of the Karelian Isthmus, at the Lake Ladoga coast, near the borders of the Republic of Karelia and Finland. The name was given in 1948. From 1961, K.... more


Leningrad Oblast, the
LENINGRAD OBLAST, subject territory of RF. Area: 83,900 sq. Km (max. Extension from west to east: 446 km, north to south: 325 km.) Population (as of 2002): 1,669,000. The Oblast borders Pskov and Novgorod Oblasts in the south, Vologda Oblast in the... more


Lesogorsky, urban settlement
LESOGORSKY (Jaski before 1948, also Jaaski and Jaskis; Finnish Jääski), an urban settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 3,000. It is situated on the left bank of the Vuoksa River at the Kamennogorsk-Imatra railway branch. The name supposedly... more


Lindgren, Armas Eliel (1874 - !929), an architect
Lindgren, Armas Eliel (1874 - 1929), an architect. In 1897 Lindgren graduated from the Politechnic Institute in Helsingfors (Helsinki; now it is the University of Technology). During 1898-1899 he worked on probation in countries of Europe. From 1896... more


Lintulsky Convent of the Holy Trinity
The Lintula Convent of the Holy Trinity (the settlement of Ogonki, the Vyborg distrikt). It was the first convent in Finland. The convent was founded by the privy Councillor F.P. Neronov in 1894 in the estate Lintula bought for this aim. The wooden... more


Lomonosov District
LOMONOSOV DISTRICT. Area: 1990.8 sq. km. Population: 65,300. Established in 1927. L. D. comprises Bolshaya Izhora and Lebyazhye urban settlements and 140 rural localities. It borders St. Petersburg and Kingisepp, Volosovo, and Gatchina Districts of... more


Munnich, Christophor Antonovich (Burkhard Christof) (1683-1767), Count, military figure, an architect
Christophor Antonovich (Burkhard Christoph) Munnich (1683-1767), Count (1728), Field-Marshal - General (1732), a statesman and military figure. Munnich was born in Neuenhuntorf, Oldenburg, Denmark. From 1721 he was on the Russian service. C.A.... more


Neolithic monuments, The
The Neolithic monuments. The Neolithic (New Stone Age, 8000 - 3000 BC) is the epoch of farming and cattling appearance, spinning and weaving, new techniques of processing of stones and ceramics. In the Eastern Europe forest zone the Neolithics is... more


Nurma children art school
NURMA ARTS SCHOOL (Nurma Village, Tosno District). It was founded in 1987, a founder is – Municipal Establishment “Tosnenskiy Raion” (“Tosno District”) administration. The school has several departments: classical (piano, violin, flute,... more


Population
Population. According to the census of 2002 in the Leningrad Oblast there were 1669,205 thousand people; according to the estimate made on 1 July 2005 there were 1647,6 thousand people including the town dwellers numbering 1093,9 thousand people... more


Primorsk, town
PRIMORSK (Swedish Bjorko, Finnish Koivisto, Primorsk since 1948), a town in Vyborg District. Population: 5,300. Important port on the Baltic Sea. Connected with railways to St. Petersburg (1916) and Vyborg (1925). First mentioned in a chronicle... more


Priozersk District
PRIOZERSK DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 63,300 (of these, 20,500 live in Priozersk town, the adm. center.) Area: 3,563.1 sq. km. Located in the eastern and north-eastern parts of the Karelian Isthmus. It borders Vsevolozhsk and Vyborg... more


Priozersk, town
PRIOZERSK (Korela; Kexholm until 1948; Finnish Käkisalmi,) town, adm. center of Priozersk District. Population: 19,300. From 1310, the center of Russian possessions in Karelia. It belonged to Sweden in 1580-95 and in 1611-1710. It became territory... more


Resettlements of the 1945 - 1950s
Resettlements of the 1945 - 1950s were migrations which were caused by political (eviction of some categories of citizens who were considered as unreliable, including the activities for cleaning up the frontier) and economical (the necessity of... more


Savakots
Savakots (Savakot, Savaki) is an ethnic group of Ingermanlandia Finns. They are descendants of the migrants resettled in the 17th century to Ingermanlandia from the province of Savo in Eastern Finland. The culture and dialect of Savakots were closer... more


Saymensky Canal, the
SAIMAA CANAL. Built in 1843-56 to connect Lake Saimaa to the Gulf of Finland. It is situated in Vyborg District of Leningrad Oblast and in Finland. Attempts to build the canal were made in 1499–1511 and in 1607-09. In 1835, a survey was carried... more


Schulman, Allan Karl Voldemar (1863 -1937), an architect
Schulman, Allan Karl Voldemar (1863 -1937, Vyborg Town), an architect. He graduated the Polytechnic Institute in Helsingfors (now it is the Technological University in Helsinki) in 1889. During 1889-1891 he was a draughtsman at the architect's... more


Sertolovo, town
SERTOLOVO, a town in Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 38,400 (70% are the military and their family members.). It is located at a portion of the Scandinavia international highway. The ring motor road extends close to the town lines. 6 km away from... more


Sestra River, the
SESTRA (Swedish Systerback, Finnish Rajajoki / “Frontier River”), a river in Vsevolozhsk and Vyborg Districts of Leningrad Oblast and in St. Petersburg. Length: 74 km. Depth: up to 3 m (in the mouth.) Catchment area: 393 sq. km. It begins in a marsh... more


Shapki, settlement
SHAPKI, a settlement in Tosno District. Population: 549. Located at Shapki railway station (branch connecting the settlement to Tosno Town.) Located at the Shapki Heights (their shapes remind caps, “shapki”, therefore the name) – kame hills reaching... more


Shaskolsky, Igor Pavlovich (1918-1995), a scientist
Shaskolsky, Igor Pavlovich (1918-1995), a historian, Doctor of History from 1965. From 1936 till 1941 Shaskolsky attended the history faculty of the Leningrad State University. During the studies Shaskolsky's scientific interest sphere was... more


Shyogren, Andrey Mikhaylovich (1794-1855), a scholar
Andreas Johan (Andrey Mikhailovich) Sjogren (1794-1855) was an ethnographer, linguist. In 1831 he became an academician of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Science. He was born in Finland in the family of a shoemaker. He studied in a grammar school... more


Sosnovo, settlement
SOSNOVO (Finnish Rautu before 1948), a settlement in Priozersk District. Population: 6000. Located south of Lake Razdolinskoye (Finnish Leihinkylanjarvi) at Sosnovo railway station of the St. Petersburg-Priozersk branch. The toponym Rautu originates... more


Svetogorsk, town
SVETOGORSK (Enso [Finnish] before1948), a town in Vyborg District; a separate municipal entity in 1995–2005. Population: 15,700. Located in the northern part of the Karelian Isthmus near the Finnish border, on the banks of the Vuoksa River. S. has... more


Swedes
Swedes (their native name is Svenskar) is an ethnic community. The Swedish language is related to the Germanic group of the Indo-European language family. The religious Swedes are Lutherans. At present they live mainly in Sweden (7,75 million... more


The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Gimreka Village, Podporozhsky District)
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Gimreka Village, the Podporozhsky District). The wooden church with the hipped roof was built in Gimoretsky Pogost during 1650-1695, side-chapels were devoted to St. Antony the Roman and St.... more


The Leningrad Oblast State Archive in Vyborg
LENINGRAD OBLAST STATE ARCHIVE IN VYBORG (LOGAV) (the town of Vyborg, 1 Shturm Street) Formed in 1940 as branch of Central State Archive of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of Karelo-Finn Soviet Socialist Republic ; in 1951 renamed... more


Toponymia of the Leningrad Oblast, the
The leningrad Oblast toponymia. Toponymia is the combination of toponyms, proper names of geographical objects. There are several kinds of toponyms: hydronym, a name of water object; oikonym, a name of a settlement; horonym, an element of relief;... more


Tynni, Kaapre (1877-1953), a scholar
Tynni, Kaapre (Gabriel) (1877, Nizhnyaya Zagvozdka/ Ala-sakoska of the Tsarskoye Selo Utezd, the St. Petersburg Gubernia - 1953), an enlightener, public figure. In 1899 Tynni graduated from Kolpani Teacher-Küster Seminary. He worked as a village... more


Uhannus, a festival
UHANNUS, festivity. This festivity is well known among the Finns from pre-Christian times, it was celebrated on the day of Summer Solstice (the Day of Ivan – Finnish Uhannus). The Luthran church celebrates Uhannus on June 24th (public street... more


Vuoksa River, the
VUOKSA, river. It originates in Lake Saimaa (Finland), and flows in Vyborg and Priozersk Districts of Leningrad Oblast. Length: 156 km (of which, 143 km in Leningrad Oblast.). It is subdivided into two arms, the northern and the southern one. The... more


"Vuoksa", a Priozersk local history anthology
"Vuoksa", a Priozersk local history anthology. It was published from 1999 till 2003 according to the initiative the workers of the Fortress-museum "Korela" and local historians with the Financial Support of the Administration of the Priozersk... more


Vyborg Cultire Society named after Emil Sivori
“VYBORGSKOYE OBSCHESTVO” (“VYBORG TOWN CULTURE SOCIETY ”), named after Emil Sivori (17, Fizkul’turnaya str., Vyborg Town). It was founded in 1990 and bears a name of a Finnish ethnographer and composer E. Sivori who founded Finnish Culture Society... more

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