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Encyclopedia > Castle of Vyborg

The castle of Vyborg was a fortress built in the end of the 13th century to domonate an ages-old trade center, Vybord, in southern Karelia.




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The castle of Vyborg was founded during the third Swedish crusade in 1293.
After Finland was conquerd by Russia in 1808, Vyborg was incorporated in the grand duchy of Finland in 1812 and became again the center of administration for the eastern part of the country.
During the Finnish Civil War Vyborg was in the hands of the reds, until it was captured by the whites on 29 April 1918.
Vyborg - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (972 words)
Vyborg (Russian: Вы́борг; ; ;) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, 130 km to the northwest of St.
The first castle of Viborg was founded during the third Swedish crusade in 1293 by the marshal Torkel Knutsson.
In the proximity of Vyborg there is since 1982 a HVDC back-to-back facility for the change of electricity between the Russian and Finnish power grid.
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