A view of Vyborg from the castle tower

Vyborg (Russian: Вы́борг; Finnish: Viipuri; Swedish: Viborg; German: Wiburg) 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. Petersburg, 38 km south from Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimaa Canal enters the Gulf of Finland. Population: 79,224 (2002 Census); 80,924 (1989 Census). Vyborg from the tower of the castle. ... Vyborg from the tower of the castle. ... Types of inhabited localities in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Leningrad Oblast (Russian: , tr. ... The Karelian Isthmus is the narrow stretch of land between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. ... The Bay of Vyborg or Bay of Viipuri is a deep inlet running northeastward near the eastern end of Gulf of Finland. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava, Swedish: Saima kanal) is a canal in a system of 120 interconnected lakes in the south-central and south-east part of Finland. ... The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ... The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive census taken within The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The census officially recorded the popullation of the USSR at 286,717,000, making it the third most populous country in the world. ...

History

The area where Vyborg is located used to be a trading center on the River Vuoksi's western branch, which has dried up. The area was inhabited by the Karelians, a Finnic tribe which gradually came under the domination of Novgorod and Sweden. The River Vuoksi (Finnish) or River Vuoksa (Russian standard transcription) runs in the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus, from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland flowing into Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. ... The Karelians is a name used to denote two related, yet different ethnic groups of Finnic-language speakers. ... Finnic peoples (Fennic, sometimes Baltic-Finnic) refers to a group of related ethnic groups and nations speaking Finnic languages (also known as Balto-Finnic languages). ... Velikiy Novgorod (Russian: ) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the M10(E95) federal highway connecting Moscow and St. ...

A copper engraving of Vyborg in 1709

The first castle of Vyborg was founded during the so-called "Third Swedish Crusade" in 1293 by marshal Torkel Knutsson. The castle was fought over for decades between Sweden and the Republic of Novgorod. By the Treaty of Nöteborg in 1323 Viborg was finally recognized as a part of Sweden. It withstood a prolonged siege by Daniil Shchenya during the Russo–Swedish War of 1496–1499. Image File history File links Vyborg_map. ... Image File history File links Vyborg_map. ... 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. ... The Third Swedish Crusade was a Swedish military expedition to Karelia in 1293 CE, on area controlled by Novgorod. ... Marshal (also sometimes spelled marshall in American English, but not in British English) is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. ... Torkel Knutsson, d. ... The Novgorod Republic was an early republic that existed in the North-West territory of modern day Russia, in Novgorod lands between 1136 and 1478. ... The Treaty of Nöteborg, also known as Treaty of Orekhovo signed at Orechovets (Pähkinäsaari) on August 12, 1323, was a treaty between Sweden and Novgorod regulating their border. ... Prince Daniil Vasiliyevich Shchenya (Даниил Васильевич Щеня in Russian) (? - no later than 1519) was a Russian military leader during the reigns of Ivan III and Vasili III. In 1489, Shchenya and his army... The Russo-Swedish War of 1496–1499 was a result of an alliance between Ivan III of Russia and Hans of Denmark, who was waging war against the Sture family of Sweden in the hope of regaining the Swedish throne. ...

The town's trade privileges were chartered by King Eric of Pomerania in 1403. Viborg remained in Swedish hands until its capture by Peter the Great in the Great Northern War (1710). The Treaty of Nystad (1721), which concluded the war, assigned the town to Russia. A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ... Eric of Pomerania A caricature of the king, the only contemporary likeness of him in existence Eric of Pomerania, Erik af Pommern, Erik VII (Danish title), Erik av Pommern (Eirik III) (Norwegian title) Erik av Pommern (Eric XIII) (Swedish title) or Eryk Pomorski (Polish title), was adopted by Margaret I... Peter the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич Pyotr I Alekséyevich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 [[30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.][1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly... Combatants Sweden Ottoman Empire (1710–1714) Ukrainian Cossacks Russia Denmark-Norway Poland-Lithuania Saxony later also Prussia, Hanover Commanders Charles XII of Sweden Ahmed III Ivan Mazepa Peter the Great Augustus II the Strong Frederick IV of Denmark Strength 77,000 in the beginning of the war. ... The Treaty of Nystad (1721), signed at the present-day Finnish town of Uusikaupunki (Swedish Nystad), ended the Great Northern War, in which Russia received the territories of Estonia, Livonia and Ingria, as well as much of Karelia and Tsar Peter I of Russia replaced King Frederick I of Sweden...

One of the largest naval battles in history was fought off shore in the Vyborg Bay on July 4, 1790. Combatants Russia Sweden Commanders Vasily Chichagov Gustav III of Sweden Charles XIII of Sweden Strength 50 ships 72 galleys 8 frigates 21,000 sailors and soldiers 21 ships of the line 13 frigates 366 smaller ships 3,000 guns 40,000 sailors and soldiers Casualties 5 ships of the line... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... Year 1790 (MDCCXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...

After the rest of Finland was ceded to Russia in 1809, Alexander I of Russia incorporated the town and county into the newly-created Grand Duchy of Finland in 1812. The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (Freden i Fredrikshamn in Swedish and Haminan rauha in Finnish ) was a peace treaty concluded between Sweden and Russia on September 17, 1809. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Aleksandr I Pavlovich (Russian: Александр I Павлович) (December 23, 1777–December 1, 1825), was Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801-1 December 1825 and King of Poland from 1815–1825, as well as the first Grand Duke of Finland. ... Old Finland (Vanha Suomi in Finnish) is a name used for the areas that Sweden lost to Russia in the Great Northern War and in the Hats Russian War. ... The Grand Duchy of Finland was a state that existed 1809–1917 as part of the Russian Empire. ... For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting...

Vyborg Castle

In the course of the 19th century, the town developed as the center of administration and trade for the eastern part of Finland. The inauguration of the Saimaa Canal in 1856 benefited the local economy as it opened the vast waterways of Eastern Finland to the sea. Vyborg was never a major industrial center, and lacked large production facilities, but due to its location it served as a focal point of transports of all industries on the Karelian Isthmus, Ladoga Karelia and South-Eastern Finland. Vyborg castle was built by the Swedes from the 13th century on. ... Vyborg castle was built by the Swedes from the 13th century on. ... Vyborg Castle. ... Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava, Swedish: Saima kanal) is a canal in a system of 120 interconnected lakes in the south-central and south-east part of Finland. ...

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the fall of the Russian Empire, Finland declared itself independent. During the Finnish Civil War Vyborg was in the hands of the Reds until it was captured by the Whites on 29 April 1918. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political and social upheavals in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal and moderate-socialist Provisional Government, resulting in the establishment of Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... Anthem: God Save the Tsar! The Russian Empire in 1914 Capital Saint Petersburg Language(s) Russian Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1721-1725 Peter the Great (first)  - 1894-1917 Nicholas II (last) History  - Established 22 October, 1721  - February Revolution 2 March, 1917 Area  - 1897 22,400,000 km2 8,648,688 sq... Combatants Whites: White Guards, German Empire, Swedish volunteers Reds: Red Guards, Russian SFSR Commanders C.G.E. Mannerheim Ali Aaltonen, Eero Haapalainen, Eino Rahja, Kullervo Manner Strength 80,000–90,000 Finns, 550 Swedish volunteers, 13,000 Germans[1] 80,000–90,000 Finns, 4,000–10,000 Russians[1... During the Civil War in Finland, 1918, the Red Guards were the rebellious supporters of totalitarian who were defeated by the anti-Socialist White Guards and (Imperial) German forces, who feared the Russian Revolution was spread to Finland by the Reds rebellion. ... The White Guards is one translation of the Finnish term Suojeluskunta (plural: Suojeluskunnat, Finland-Swedish: Skyddskår) that unfortunately has received many different translations to English, for instance: Security Guard, Civil Guard, National Guard, White Militia, Defence Corps, Protection Guard, Protection Corps and Protection Militia. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

In the decades between the Wars, the town, then officially known as Viipuri, was the second biggest city in Finland. In 1939 Viipuri had some 80,000 inhabitants, including sizable minorities of Russians, Germans and Swedes. During this time, Alvar Aalto built a masterpiece of modernist architecture — the Viipuri Library. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 — May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer, sometimes called the Father of Modernism in the Nordic countries. ... Modern architecture is a broad term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament, that first arose around 1900. ... Auditorium of the Viipuri Municipal Library in the 1930s. ...

Rathaus Tower in Vyborg (ca. 1500).

Round Tower in Vyborg (ca. 1550).

Lots of Finnish era buildings remain in Vyborg.

During the Winter War more than 70,000 people were evacuated from Viipuri to western Finland. The Winter War was concluded by the Peace of Moscow, which stipulated the transfer of Viipuri and the whole Karelian Isthmus — emptied of their residents — to Soviet sovereignty, where it was incorporated in to the Karelo Finnish SSR, March 31, 1940. As the town was still held by the Finns, the remaining Finnish population, some 10,000 people, had to be evacuated in haste before the handover. Thus, practically the whole population of Finnish Viipuri was resettled in the remaining Finland. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (450x640, 143 KB) Rathaus tower in Vyborg (15th or 16th century) This file was downloaded from the site sergeymila. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (450x640, 143 KB) Rathaus tower in Vyborg (15th or 16th century) This file was downloaded from the site sergeymila. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Vyborg_kruglaya. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Vyborg_kruglaya. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 524 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Vyborg Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 524 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Vyborg Metadata This file contains... Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov, later Semyon Timoshenko Strength 250,000 men 30 tanks 130 aircraft[1][2] 1,000,000 men 3,000 tanks 3,800 aircraft[3][4] Casualties 26,662 dead 39,886 wounded 1,000 captured[5] 226,875 dead... The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on March 12, 1940. ... The Karelian Isthmus is the narrow stretch of land between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. ... The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (Karelo-Finnish S.S.R., Finnish Karjalais-Suomalainen sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta, Russian Карело-Финская Советская Социалисти&#1095... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

The evacuees from Finnish Karelia came to be a vociferous political force, and their wish to return to their homes was an important motive when Finland sought support from Germany against the Soviet threat; a support that resulted in Finland and Germany fighting on the same side in the World War II. Finnish Karelia, historically also Swedish Karelia or Carelia, is a historical province in eastern Finland. ... Combatants  Finland Germany  Soviet Union Commanders C.G.E. Mannerheim Kirill Meretskov Leonid Govorov Strength 250,000 (total 530,000) Finns[1] + 100,000 (total 220,000) Germans 650,000 (total estimates 900,000-1,500,000) [2] Casualties 58,715 dead or missing 158,000 wounded 1,500 civilian...

On August 29, 1941, Viipuri was recaptured by Finnish troops and, soon after, the Government of Finland formally annexed it along with the other areas lost in the Moscow Peace Treaty. At first the Finnish Army did not allow civilians into the town. Of the 6,287 buildings, 3,807 had been destroyed. The first civilians started to arrive at the end of September and by the end of the year Vyborg had a population of about 9,700. By 1942 it has risen to 16,000. About 70% of the evacuees from Finnish Karelia returned after the re-conquest to rebuild their looted homes, but were again evacuated after the Red Army's Fourth strategic offensive, timed with the Battle of Normandy. By the time of the Soviet offensive, the town had a population of nearly 28,000. The town was evacuated by June 19 and the defence of Vyborg was entrusted to the 20th Brigade. The town fell to the Red Army on 20 June 1944, but the Finns managed to halt the Soviet offensive at the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle fought by any of the Nordic countries, in Viipuri rural municipality which surrounded the city. August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Red Army flag The Workers and Peasants Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA or usually simply the Red Army) were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that in 1922 became the army of the Soviet Union. ... Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim Karl Lennart Oesch Leonid Govorov Kirill Meretskov Strength 268,000 375,000 Casualties 18,000 killed, 45,000 wounded, 3,000 prisoners 40,000 killed, 130,000 wounded During World War II, in the Continuation War, the Fourth Strategic Offensive was... Combatants United States United Kingdom Canada Free France Poland Germany Commanders Dwight Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (land) Bertram Ramsay (sea) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Omar Bradley (US 1st Army) Miles Dempsey (UK 2nd Army) Harry Crerar (Canadian 1st Army) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Combatants Finland, Germany Soviet Union Commanders Lt. ... Political map of the Nordic countries and associated territories. ...

In the following Moscow Armistice September 19, 1944, Finland returned to the borders set by the Moscow Peace treaty, and in the Paris Peace treaties (1947) Finland relinquished all claims to Vyborg. The areas ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union after the Continuation War. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... The Paris Peace Conference (July 29 to October 15, 1946) resulted in the Paris Peace Treaties signed on February 10, 1947. ...

After the Winter War, Leningrad had wanted to incorporate the area of Vyborg, but it took until September 1944 for it to be finally transferred from the Karelo-Finnish SSR to Leningrad Oblast, and the name of the town was changed to Vyborg. During the Soviet era, the town was settled by people from all over the Soviet Union. The naval air bases of Pribilovo and Veshchevo were built nearby. State motto: Kaikkien maiden proletaarit, liittykää yhteen! (Workers of all countries, unite) Image:SovietUnionKarelia. ... Leningrad Oblast (Russian: , tr. ... Pribilovo (also Klyuchevoye, Finnish: ) is a settlement on Karelian Isthmus, in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, on the eastern shore of the Bay of Vyborg, hosting an air base in Russia located 28 km south of Vyborg. ... Veshchevo (Russian: ; Finnish: ) is a rural locality on Karelian Isthmus, in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, and a station of the Vyborg–Zhitkovo railroad. ...

Economics

View from Olaf's tower.

Vyborg continues to be an important industrial producer of paper. Tourism is increasingly important, and the Russian film festival Window to Europe takes place in the town each year. Image File history File linksMetadata Выборг.jpg‎ General view of Vyborg, Russia (as seen from St. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Выборг.jpg‎ General view of Vyborg, Russia (as seen from St. ... A blank sheet of paper Paper is a commodity of thin material produced by the amalgamation of fibers, typically vegetable fibers composed of cellulose, which are subsequently held together by hydrogen bonding. ... A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues. ...

An HVDC back-to-back facility for the exchange of electricity between the Russian and Finnish power grid was completed near Vyborg in 1982. It consists of three bipolar HVDC back-to-back schemes with an operating voltage of 85 kV and a maximum transmission rate of 355 megawatts, so that the entire maximum transmission rate amounts to 1065 megawatts. HVDC or high-voltage, direct current electric power transmission systems contrast with the more common alternating-current systems as a means for the bulk transmission of electrical power. ...

Sights

Vyborg's most prominent landmark is the Swedish built castle, started in the 13th century and extensively reconstructed in 1891–1894. The Round Tower and the Rathaus Tower date from the mid-16th century. The Vyborg Library by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto is a reference point in the history of modern architecture. Vyborg Castle. ... Auditorium of the Viipuri Municipal Library in the 1930s. ... Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 — May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer, sometimes called the Father of Modernism in the Nordic countries. ...

There are also Russian fortifications, completed by 1740, as well as the monuments to Peter I (1910) and Torkel Knutsson. Tourists are shown the "Lenin house", where the Russian revolutionary prepared the Bolshevik revolution during his stay in Vyborg in September-October 1917. Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Sprawling along the heights adjacent to the Gulf of Finland is Mon Repos, one of the most spacious English parks in Eastern Europe. The park was laid out on behest of its owner, Baron Ludwig Heinrich von Nikolay, at the turn of the 19th centuries. Most of the garden structures were designed by the architect Giuseppe Antonio Martinelli. Previously, the estate belonged to the future king Frederick I of Württemberg (Maria Fyodorovna's brother), who called it Charlottendahl in honor of his second wife. The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. ... Mon Repos (Russian: ) is landscaped English park in Vyborg. ... The term English garden or English park (French jardin anglais) is used outside of the English speaking world to refer to the style of informal landscape gardening which was popular in the United Kingdom from the mid 18th century to the early 19th century, and is particularly associated with Capability... King Frederick I of Württemberg Crown of the Kingdom of Württemberg Frederick I (German: ) (November 6, 1754 — October 30, 1816) was the first King of Württemberg. ... Roslins portrait of Maria Feodorovna at the age of 18, with the Pavlovsk Palace in the background. ...

View to Vyborg from St. Olaf tower.

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (4160x1449, 4038 KB) View to Vyborg from St. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (4160x1449, 4038 KB) View to Vyborg from St. ... Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – July 29, 1030), king from 1015–1028, (known during his lifetime as the Stout and after his canonization as Saint Olaf), was born in the year in which Olaf Tryggvason came to Norway. ...

External links

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A street in downtown Vyborg.

• Vyborg's official webpage
• History of Vyborg
• Historical weather records for Vyborg
• Viipuri Library
• Webcam
• Functionalism and the City of Viipuri
• [1] Website for the 2000 film Hylatyt Talot, Autiot Pihat (Abandoned Houses, Empty Courtyards) depicting the Finnish retreat in 1944, partially filmed in the city.

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Photographs

• Flickr photos tagged Vyborg
• Model of Viipuri as it was on September 2nd 1939 at 10:30 a.m.
• Model of Viipuri - click the red circles for detailed views of the miniature model of Vyborg
• Winter views of Vyborg
• Mon Repos Park
• Vyborg in modern and old photos

Maps

• Modern Vyborg
• Vyborg in 1939
• Vyborg in 1902
• Vyborg circa 1750

Fortresses of Western Russia

Gdov | Ivangorod | Izborsk | Kirillov | Koporye | Korela | Kronstadt | Ladoga | New Dvina Fort | Novgorod | Oreshek | Porkhov | Pskov | Smolensk | Solovki | St Petersburg | Trångsund | Vyborg | Yamburg Moscow Kremlin in the 19th century. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 915 KB) Fortress of Koporye, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. ... Gdov (Гдов) is a Russian town in the Pskov Oblast, which stands on the river Gdovka, just 2 km from its outflow into Chudskoye Lake. ... Ivangorod Fortress is a castle constructed near the town of Ivangorod, Russia. ... Izborsk (И́зборск in Russian, Irboska in Estonian) is an old Russian town to the west of Pskov and just to the east from the Estonian border. ... Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, properly translated in English as The Assumption monastery of St Cyril, has always rivalled the Solovetsky Monastery as the strongest fortress and the richest landowner of the Russian North. ... Koporye Fortress near St Petersburg Koporye (Russian: Копорье) is a historic village in Russia, about 100 km to the west of St Petersburg, which contains some of the most impressive medieval ruins in Russia. ... Korela Fortress, at the town of Priozersk, was founded by the Karelians who named the place Novogorodian chronicles refer to it as It was first mentioned in a Novgorodian chronicle of 1143 and archeological digs have revealed a layer belonging to the 12th century. ... 1888 map of Kronstadt bay Kronstadt (Russian: ), or Kronshtadt, Cronstadt, is a strongly fortified Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island, near the head of the Gulf of Finland, at , . It lies thirty kilometers west of Saint Petersburg, of which it is the chief port. ... The fortress of Ladoga was built in stone in the 12th century and rebuilt 400 years later. ... Arkhangelsk (Russian: ), formerly called Archangel in English, is a city in and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. ... Velikiy Novgorod (Russian: ) is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia, situated on the M10(E95) federal highway connecting Moscow and St. ... Shlisselburg (Russian: ) is a town in western Russia (Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast) located at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, 45 km east of Saint Petersburg, which lies at the mouth of the Neva on the Gulf of Finland. ... Porkhov (Порхов in Russian) is a medieval fortress and town in the Pskov Oblast, Russia. ... The Trinity Cathedral (1682-99) is a symbol of Pskovs former might and independence. ... A view of Smolensk in 1912. ... Solovetsky Monastery Solovetsky Monastery (Соловецкий монастырь in Russian), a monastery on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea. ... The Peter and Paul Fortress (Петропавловская крепость) is in St. ... Vysotsk (Russian: , Finnish: ) is a coastal town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located 12 km south-west of Vyborg and 159 km north-west of St. ... St Catherine Cathedral of Yamburg was built in 1764-1782 to a late baroque design by Antonio Rinaldi. ...

	Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast
	Administrative center: Saint Petersburg (administratively separate) Boksitogorsk | Gatchina | Ivangorod | Kamennogorsk | Kingisepp | Kirishi | Kirovsk | Kommunar | Lodeynoye Pole | Luga | Lyuban | Nikolskoye | Novaya Ladoga | Otradnoye | Pikalyovo | Podporozhye | Primorsk | Priozersk | Sertolovo | Slantsy | Sosnovy Bor | Svetogorsk | Shlisselburg | Syasstroy | Tikhvin | Tosno | Volosovo | Volkhov | Vsevolozhsk | Vyborg | Vysotsk Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_Leningrad_Oblast. ... Leningrad Oblast (Russian: , tr. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Boksitogorsk (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Pyardomlya River (Syas basin) 245 km east of St. ... Gatchina is the city of 84900 inhabitants in the Leningrad oblast of the Russian Federation, 45 km south of St Petersburg by the road leading to Pskov. ... The reconstructed fortress of Narva (to the left) overlooking the Russian fortress of Ivangorod (to the right). ... Kamennogorsk, known as Antrea before 1948 (Russian: Каменногорск) is a town in Leningrad Oblast in Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus on the left bank of the Vuoksa River (Lake Ladoga basin) some 170 km northwest of Leningrad. ... St Catherine Cathedral of Yamburg was built in 1764-1782 to a late baroque design by Antonio Rinaldi. ... Kirishi is a city in the Leningrad Oblast of Russia, on the right bank of the Volkhov River, 115 km south-east of St. ... Kirovsk (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, 33 km east of Saint Petersburg, on the left bank of the Neva River. ... Lodeynoye Pole (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Svir River (Lake Ladoga basin) some 244 km northeast of St. ... Luga is a city lying 140 km to the south of Saint Petersburg, on the Luga River. ... Lyban (Russian: ) is a town in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated some 85 km south-east of St. ... Nikolskoye or Nikolskoe (Russian: ) is a town in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated some 40 km south-east of St. ... Novaya Ladoga (Russian: ) is a town in Volkhovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. ... Otradnoye (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated some 40 km east of St. ... Pikalyovo (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located some 246 km southeast of St. ... Podporozhye (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Svir River some 285 km northeast of St. ... Church in Primorsk, originally a Finnish Lutheran church designed by Josef Stenbäck, 1902-1904. ... Priozersk (Приозерск) is a town on the Karelian Isthmus, in the Leningrad Oblast of Russia, centered on an island at the southwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern armlet of River Vuoksi (Вуокс&#1072... Sertolovo (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located north of St. ... A building in Slantsy with the towns coat of arms Slantsy (Russian: ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Slantsevsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Plyussa River 192 km from St. ... , Sosnovy Bor (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 81 km west of St. ... Apartment buildings in Svetogorsk. ... Shlisselburg (Russian: ) is a town in western Russia (Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast) located at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, 45 km east of Saint Petersburg, which lies at the mouth of the Neva on the Gulf of Finland. ... Syasstroy (Russian: ) is a town in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. ... Tikhvin (Russian: Тихвин) is a town in the northeast of Leningrad Oblast of Russia, 200 km East of St. ... Tosno (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. ... Volosovo (Russian: Волосово) is a city near St. ... Volkhov may refer to Volkhov River in Russia, Volkhov, Russia, a city. ... Vsevolozhsk (Russian: ) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Lubya River (Okhtas tributary) 24 km east of St. ... Vysotsk (Russian: , Finnish: ) is a coastal town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located 12 km south-west of Vyborg and 159 km north-west of St. ...

Coordinates: 60.715890° N 28.730023° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...