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Vuoksa Lake
VUOKSA, lake. Located in Priozersk District. Part of the Vuoksa River system (northern branch.) The largest lake in the Karelian Isthmus. Area: 92.6 sq. km (108 sq. km including the islands’ area.) Max. depth: 25 m, the shallowest part is the... 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 newspaper
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"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


"Vuoksa", a water festival
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"Vuoksa", an art festival
“VUOKSA”, international art festival. It has been held since 1998 in Svyatogorsk Town. The festival participants are art groups from Svyatogorsk Town and other Leningrad Oblast settlements situated on the banks of the Vuoksa River (hence the... more


Vuritsa Settlement Library named after I.A. Yefremov
VYRITSA SETTLEMENT LIBRARY named after I.A. Yefremov (Vyritsa Urban Settlement, 35 Yefimov Street). Founded in 1944. Its general-purpose fund contains 25,000 storage units, with over 2500 members. The library organizes and hosts art and photo... more


Vvedeno - Oyatsky (Vvedeno-Ostrovsky) Monastery, the
The Oyat Monastery of the Presentation in the Temple (Vvedeno-Ostrovsky - The Island Monastery of the Presentation in the Temple) (the Railway Station of Oyat, the Lodeynoye Pole district). It is located on left bank in the Oyat River, about 186... more


Vyaysyanen, Armas Otto (1890-1969), an ethnographer
Armas Otto Vaisanen (1890-1969) was a folklorist, ethnographer. He studied at the University of Helsinki. In 1919 he became a Master, then in 1939 he became a Doctor of Science. Since 1919 he was a member of the Kalevala Society, in 1930-42 he was... 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


Vyborg Palace of Culture
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"Vyborg Castle", the State Museum
"The Vyborg Castle", the state museum of the history of Vyborg Town. The museum was created in July of 1960, the first exhibitions was opened on July 30, 1961. The museum has been plaсed in the Vyborg Castle since 1964. Permanent exhibitions... more


Vyborg Central District Library, the
THE VYBORG CENTRAL DISTRICT LIBRARY (Vyborg Town, 4 Pionerskaya Street). Founded in 1940. First the library functioned only as a methodological centre, then in 1945 it started to work with readers. In 1979 it merged in the inter-regional... more


Vyborg Central Town Library named after A. Aalto
VYBORG TOWN CENTRAL LIBRARY named after A. A. Aalto (Vyborg Town, 4 Suvorov Street). The official opening day of the library is considered to be the year 1944, however, it has a long history. In 1806 there already existed a readers’ circle at... more


Vyborg children art school
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Vyborg children music school No.1
VYBORG TOWN CHILDREN’S MUSICAL SCHOOL №1 (2a, Lenin av., Vyborg Town). It was founded in 1949, sponsor is Municipal Institution “Vyborgsky Raion” (“Vyborg District”) administration. The main specializations are: the violin, viola, cello,... more


Vyborg children music school No.2
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Vyborg City cemetery
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Vyborg City House of Culture
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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


Vyborg District
VYBORG DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 172,800. Area: 7381.7 sq. km. V. D. comprises the towns of Vyborg (adm. center), Primorsk, Vysotsk, Kamennogorsk, Svetogorsk; urban settlements of Roschino, Lesogorsky, and Sovetsky; and 180 rural... more


Vyborg District Children Library, the
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Vyborg District coat of arms and flag, the
The Vyborg District's coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Vuborgskiy Municipalny rayon” (The Vyborg Municipal District) (they were approved with the decision of the Soviet of Deputies of the Municipal... more


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


"Vyborg Spring", musical competition
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Vyborg Town coat of arms and flag, the
The Vyborg Town's coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Vyborgskoye gorodskoe poselenie” (the urban-type settlement of Vyborg) (they were approved with the decision of the Soviet of Deputies of the... more


Vyborg zoological reserve, the
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"Vyborg", a newspaper
«Vyborg» ( Vyborg Town, 9 Mira Street ), informational mass newspaper of Vyborg district. It was founded on 6 October 1940 as organ of district and city committees of All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) under the title «Viipurskii... more


Vyborg, town
VYBORG (Swedish Wiborg; Finnish Viipuri, until 1948), town, adm. center of Vyborg District. Population: 79,200. The toponym Vyborg originates from the Old Norse Wiborg = “sacred fortress.” It was founded in 1293 at the place of the Vuoksa River’s... more


"Vyborgskiye vedomosti" ("Vyborg Gazette"), a newspaper
"Vyborgskiye vedomosti" ("Vyborg Gazette") (Vyborg, 6 Sovetskaya Street),social, political newspaper. It has been publishing since February 1990, initially as «a newspaper of free economic zone», the project of which was not fulfilled.... more

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