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Vyborg (vĭ`bərk), Finnish Viipuri, Swed. Viborg, city (1989 pop. 81,000), NW European Russia, NW of St. Petersburg and near the Finnish border, on Vyborg Bay and the Gulf of Finland. A Baltic port and railroad junction, it is an export center for lumber. It also has shipyards and industries producing farm machinery, electrical equipment, furniture, and paper. Vyborg was a trading point for Novgorod in the 12th cent. but actually grew around a Swedish castle built there in 1293. Vyborg became a port for the Hanseatic League and was chartered in the 15th cent. In 1710 Peter the Great seized Vyborg, and it was incorporated with Finland (then under Russian sovereignty) in 1812. Before 1917, it was a key transit point for revolutionary literature, arms, and agitators going into Russia. Vyborg remained Finnish until 1940, when it was occupied by the Soviet Union. It was recaptured by Finnish forces in 1941 and was finally seized by the Soviets in 1944 and awarded to them by the Finnish-Soviet peace treaty (1947). In the city are a castle (c.1300), a tower (1550), several towers of the town hall (15th–17th cent.), and a fort (18th cent.). Vyborg a port in NW Russia, at the head of Vyborg Bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Finland): belonged to Finland (1918--40). Pop.: 80 000 (latest est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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CORRECTIONS: In the March issue, An Excursion in Vyborg, June 18-20, 2003 was captioned as if it were a discrete work created solely by Liisa Roberts; in fact it was a collaborative event organized as part of Roberts's What's the Time in Vyborg [1000 Words, p. Schaible reckons there could be up to 20 rebuilds up for grabs in the country over the next two years on top of the projects that Schaible has already been busy on personally in the graphic paper area, including a rebuild and grade change for PM 1 at Vyborg and the replacement of a headbox on PM 8 at the Kondopoga mill. A recent visit to Vyborg in Russia (Viipuri in Finnish), showed that the famous town library built by Aalto in 1933-35, has been somewhat saved from its dreadful predicament of having been both restored by the Soviets and then neglected as the economy collapsed. |
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