hidden Shvindt, Teodor (1851-1917), a scholar Peter (Pyotr) Teodor Shvindt (1851, Putoria Estate in Räisälä; now Melnikovo Settlement in Priozresk District - 1917) was an archaeologist, ethnographer, folklorist. He finished a grammar school in the town of Vyborg, studied in the Polytechnic... more

hidden Uyezds UYEZDS, adm. and territorial units in Rus from the 13th century uniting several volosts and governed by Governors General. In the 15th – 16th centuries, in the course of rise of the united Russian State, they became the core link of the... more

hidden "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

hidden Vyborg Gubernia, the VYBORG GUBERNIA, historic adm. and territorial unit of Russia and Finland. It occupied the northern part of the Karelian Isthmus, Northern Coast of Ladoga, south-east of the current Finland. In the Middle Ages, V. G. was the places of ethnogenesis... more