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Veps
Veps (IN FORMER TIMES - Chud (Chudes), Chukhars, Kaivans; Veps' native names in the Leningrad Oblast are Vepsya/Bepsya/Veps, Vepslyayzhet/Vepslaazhed/Bepslaazhed, Lyudinikad, Chukharid) are an ethnic community. The Veps language is related to the... more


Vod Museum, the
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Vod (Votes)
Votes (IN FORMER TIMES - Chud (Chudes), their own native name is Vad'alain (Vadjalain)) are an ethnic community, descendants of the ancient inhabitants of the Northwest of Russia. The Votic language is related to the Baltic-Finnic subgroup of the... more


Vodskaya Land
VODSKAYA LAND (Votskaya Land), historic, cultural, and administrative region of the middle-age Rus, located in the north-western part of Veliky Novgorod’s lands (western part of the current Leningrad Oblast.) First mentioned in the chronicle c.... more


Vyborg Castle, the
The Vyborg Castle (the town of Vyborg, Zamkovy (Castle) Island). It is located on the island in the Krepostnoy (Fortress) Strait in the place where the Vuoksa River flows into the Vyborg Bay. It was founded in 1293 by the Swedish Ruler Torkel... more



















































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