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    The Kymi (Finnish: Kymijoki, Swedish: Kymmene älv) is a river in Finland. It begins at Lake Päijänne, flows through the provinces of Päijänne Tavastia...
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    developer was reported as being in administration. The name "Kymi" comes from the Kymi River (Kymijoki), in the valley of which the race track is located...
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    Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage...
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    historical Karelia also lie within the region of Kymenlaakso (east of the River Kymi), Northern Savonia (Kaavi, Rautavaara and Säyneinen), and Southern Savonia...
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    Kymenlaakso (redirect from Kymi Valley)
    (Leningrad Oblast). Its name means literally The Valley of River Kymi. Kymijoki is one of the biggest rivers in Finland with a drainage basin with 11% of the area...
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    Langinkoski is a rapid on the Kymi river in Kotka, Finland. Alexander III of Russia (who ruled the Grand Duchy of Finland as part of the Russian Empire)...
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    central course, but its total length is tricky to define. The 204 km Kymi river drains Lake Päijänne, which 120 km further north near Jyväskylä is fed...
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    located on the southeastern coast of the country at the mouth of the Kymi River. The population of Kotka is approximately 50,000, while the sub-region...
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    two-pronged offensive, one from Leningrad via Vyborg to the Kymi river, and the second across the Svir River through Petrozavodsk and Sortavala past the 1940 border...
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  • Kymi may refer to: Kymi, Greece, a town in Euboea, Greece Kymi, Finland, a former municipality in Finland Kymi (constituency), a constituency in the Finnish...
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    the battle both sides occupied trenches along the Kymi river. Ahvenkoski and the surrounding Kymi valley region were the last strongholds of the Reds...
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    Hamina and a strip of Finland to the northwest of Saint Petersburg. The Kymi River was to form part of the border between the two powers. The treaty marked...
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    river Neva into the Gulf of Finland, bypassing the Salpausselkä. The Kymi River flows from Päijänne into the Gulf of Finland. An artificial breach from...
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  • Kymenlaakso belongs to the historical region of Finnish Karelia, as the Kymi River served as the boundary between the Tavastians and the Karelians during...
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    destroying Finnish forces on the Karelian Isthmus and advancing to the Kymi River, whereby Soviet forces would prepare for an advance deep into Finland...
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    largest lake in Finland, which drains into the Gulf of Finland via the Kymi River and which is used as a drinking water supply for Helsinki. Behrens, Sven;...
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    his wife regularly spent their summers at Langinkoski manor along the Kymi River near Kotka on the Finnish coast, where their children were immersed in...
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    inhabitants in 2008. About 4/5 of the people live in the vicinity of the Kymi River. The most densely populated communities are Myllykoski and Inkeroinen...
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    catchment areas of the Kokemäki River and the Kymi River. The eastern and central areas of the municipality belong to the Kymi River watershed, the western ones...
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    to the resultant treaty, Sweden ceded to Russia the areas east of the Kymi River with the fortress of Olavinlinna and the towns of Lappeenranta and Hamina...
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    Iitti, the gray wavy fess refers to Kymi River and the key above it to the municipality's central position along the river. The coat of arms was designed by...
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  • were accepted and only the small part of Finland which lay beyond the Kymi River was retained by Russia. Since 1719, when the influence of the few great...
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    Lake Päijänne (category Kymi basin)
    080 km2 (266,874 acres)). The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland via the Kymi River. The major islands are from north to south Vuoritsalo, Muuratsalo, Onkisalo...
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    The village lies just to the East of the westernmost tributary of the Kymi River and was at one time on the border between Russia and Sweden established...
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    well-preserved 19th-century mill village. Situated along the northern Kymi River, the mill, nearby power plants, and residential houses were inscribed...
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    (Jyrängönsilta) from 1932, which crosses Jyrängönvirta, the smaller part of the Kymi River. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers and approved by the...
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  • the empress were accepted and only a small part which lay beyond the Kymi river, often called Old Finland, was retained by Russia. In the 1750s, the Hats...
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    People's Party of Finland 0.29% Other parties 1.48% Kajaanselkä Basin Kymi River Lake Vesijärvi Medieval church in Hollola A view of Lahti centre Lake...
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    Åbo (1743) Sweden had to cede the areas in southern Karelia east of the Kymi river and around Savonlinna to Russia. The Russian ruler guaranteed religion...
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    Lammi, when Apraksin made contact with the Russian forces east of the Kymi River and thus took control of the entire coast east of Porvoo. In July 1713...
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