Viipuri Province was a historical province of Finland from 1812 to 1945. The predecessor of the province was Vyborg Governorate, which was established...

the remains of the Province of Viipuri were made into the Province of Kymi. In 1997 the province was incorporated within the province of Southern Finland...

Vyborg (/ˈviːbɔːrɡ/; Russian: Выборг, IPA: [ˈvɨbərk]; Finnish: Viipuri, IPA: [ˈʋiːpuri]; Swedish: Viborg, IPA: [ˈvǐːbɔrj] ) is a town and the administrative...

born in the Kiiskinen hamlet of the Rautjärvi municipality in the Viipuri Province of southern Finland, near the border with Russia. He was the seventh...

Finnish: Hämeen lääni) Oulu Province (Russian: Улеаборгская губерния, Swedish: Uleåborgs län, Finnish: Oulun lääni) Viipuri Province (Russian: Выборгская губерния...

Karelia. The province of Swedish Karelia would include this territory, plus the region east of the Kymi river, with Viborg (Finnish: Viipuri) becoming the...

Aarne Edward Juutilainen (Finnish: [ˈɑːrne ˈjuːtilɑi̯nen]; 18 October 1904 – 28 October 1976), nicknamed "Marokon kauhu" (English: The Terror of Morocco)...

War, Viipuri was the fourth-largest city in Finland, with about 30,000 people. The surrounding Viipuri Province was the largest Finnish province with...

Voldemar Oinonen (1891–1963) was a Finnish military commander. 1939–1940 Assistant Chief General Staff 1940 General Officer Commanding 23rd Division 1940...

established in 1960. Kouvola was annexed to Viipuri Province in 1922–1945 but in 1940 and 1944, most of Viipuri County was ceded to the Soviet Union, and...

Old Finland was joined to the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland as Viipuri Province in 1812. In the Treaty of Nystad (1721) that concluded the Great Northern...

Widenius). In 1891, at the age of 18, he enrolled at the Drawing School of the Viipuri Friends of Art, and he also studied at the Drawing School of the Finnish...

1797 – 9 October 1854) was a Finnish entomologist and governor of the Viipuri province in the Grand Duchy of Finland. From 1819 he served as the secretary...

to: 2258 Viipuri, a minor planet Viipuri (former municipality), Finland Viipuri Province, Finland All pages with titles containing Viipuri or Viipurin...

transferred from Russia proper to the grand duchy and established as Viipuri Province. The transfer, announced by Tsar Alexander I just before Christmas...

volunteer Civil Guards of southwestern Finland, southern Ostrobothnia and Viipuri province in the southeastern corner of Finland. The first local battles were...

Heikki Repo (26 April 1871, Parikkala - 30 July 1931) was a Finnish farmer, bank director and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland...

Onni Närvänen (21 April 1909 – 24 November 1995) was a Finnish trade union leader and politician, born in Muolaa. He was a member of the Social Democratic...

1997. The Kymi Province was the remainder of the territory from the Viipuri Province after the main part was left to Russia at the Moscow Armistice in 1944...

of the Vyborg Governorate part of the new Grand Duchy of Finland as Viipuri Province. Henrik Månsson 1634–1636 Magnus Nieroth 1636–1641 Henrik Piper 1641–1642...

Matti Armas Aarnio, known as Motti-Matti (24 February 1901, Kouvola – 16 December 1984) was a Finnish military officer and a specialist in motti battles...

Jalo Aura (né Gröndahl; 20 August 1886 – 17 April 1947) was a Finnish cooperative organizer and politician, born in Kotka. He was a member of the Social...

back to the 18th century and the Viipuri Province, when the border with the Kingdom of Sweden ran west of the province. The number of Russian soldiers...

Ester Toivonen (August 7, 1914 Hamina — December 29, 1979 Helsinki) was elected Miss Finland in 1933. She was 19 and working in a bread shop in Helsinki...

Knut Magnus Enckell (9 November 1870 in Hamina – 27 November 1925 in Stockholm) was a Finnish symbolist painter. At first, he painted with a subdued palette...

Pekka Kiiski (30 August 1897 – 11 July 1976) was a Finnish farmer, journalist and politician, born in Kurkijoki. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland...

Antti Hanninen (31 March 1873, Heinjoki - 22 November 1957) was a Finnish farmer and lay preacher. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1911...

Toini Voipio (23 May 1878 – 2 April 1937; original surname Åkerman) was a Finnish educator and politician, born in Vyborg. She was a member of the Parliament...

Leopold Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin (24 November 1839 – 26 January 1914), known as Leo Mechelin, was a Finnish politician, professor, liberal reformer and...

Anna Haapasalo (24 February 1882 – 13 June 1965; née Tiainen) was a Finnish baker and politician, born in Sortavalan maalaiskunta. She was a member of...