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    Pielisjärvi is a former municipality in the region of North Karelia in Finland. The municipality had 16,150 inhabitants in 1970. Pielisjärvi was a Finnish-speaking...
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  • King of Sweden to collect taxes in the Pielisjärvi region, and also paid the rent of his mansion in Pielisjärvi to the King. His probable grandfather Hillebrand...
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    established in 1973 when the Market town of Lieksa and the Municipality of Pielisjärvi were consolidated. Neighbouring municipalities are Ilomantsi, Joensuu...
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    Autumn Landscape of Lake Pielisjärvi, 1899 (fi)...
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    The black woodpecker in the coat of arms of Pielisjärvi, Finland...
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    (21 June 1885, Pielisjärvi – 20 September 1957, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer, teacher and pianist. Kaski was born in Pielisjärvi into a cantor's...
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    the Nurmes rural municipality, which was annexed to Nurmes in 1973, Pielisjärvi, which was also connected to Lieksa in 1973, and Säyneinen, which was...
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    1877 – 8 June 1947) was a Finnish shoemaker and politician, born in Pielisjärvi. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1917 and from...
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  • stochastic chains with memory of variable length. Rissanen was born in Pielisjärvi (now Lieksa) in Finland and grew up in Kemi, a border town between Finland...
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  • January 1937) was a Finnish construction worker and politician, born in Pielisjärvi. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1919 until his death...
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    Nevalainen (8 April 1919 – 8 February 1994) was a Finnish politician, born in Pielisjärvi. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1966 to 1975, representing...
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  • Varma Kosto Turunen (17 March 1913, Pielisjärvi – 16 March 1994) was a Finnish trade union activist and politician. He was a Member of the Parliament...
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    Municipalities that were particularly badly hit were Eno, Ilomantsi, Pielisjärvi and Rautavaara in North Karelia, and Ostrobothnia, Satakunta and Häme...
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  • Pyhäselkä Rääkkylä Tohmajärvi Tuupovaara Valtimo Värtsilä Nurmeksen mlk Pielisjärvi Lauri Riikonen 1960–1967 Esa Timonen 1967–1992 Hannu Tenhiälä 1992–1997...
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    Pielinen (Swedish: Pielisjärvi) is the fourth largest lake of Finland, with a drainage basin area of 12,823 km2 (4,951 sq mi) equally distributed between...
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    Lapland November −42.0 °C (−43.6 °F) November 30, 1915 Sodankylä, Lapland December −47.0 °C (−52.6 °F) December 21, 1919 Pielisjärvi, North Karelia...
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  • April 1946) was a Finnish jurist, bank director and politician, born in Pielisjärvi. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1913 to 1916, representing...
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  • father of Jakob Stenius the younger. Stenius was a parish priest in Pielisjärvi in Karelia in Finland. He gained a great reputation through his extensive...
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    Pielisjärvi 5 August 1944 Pirttivaara, Suomussalmi 1 August 1944 Saija, Salla 21 June 1944 Seitajärvi, Savukoski 7 July 1944 Sormivaara, Pielisjärvi 30...
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  • Finland. He was ordained in 1767 and succeeded his father as pastor in Pielisjärvi, where he worked eagerly for draining and lowering lakes within the large...
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    Sodankylä, Lapland) December: −47.0 °C (−52.6 °F) (December 21, 1919, Pielisjärvi, North Karelia) Area: total: 338,145 km2 (130,559 sq mi) land: 303,815 km2...
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    Hohenthal murdered him at his apartment in Helsinki. Johnsson was born in Pielisjärvi, and graduated from the Kuopion lyseon lukio (in Kuopio) on 5 June 1875...
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  • was a Finnish farmer, cooperative organizer and politician, born in Pielisjärvi. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1919 until his death...
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    Albin Koponen (1 September 1881, Pielisjärvi – 10 November 1944) was a Finnish sheet metal worker and politician. He served as a Member of the Parliament...
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  • Muikku (7 July 1901 – 17 May 1963) was a Finnish politician, born in Pielisjärvi. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1945 to 1958, representing...
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    and his troops in Toivola. Tiainen gathered up all the people around Pielisjärvi and in boats the peasants rowed to the south of the lake, after which...
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  • women's road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Jahre was born in Pielisjärvi, Finland, moved to Sweden in 1961 and grew up in Färnäs, Sweden. "40-årsjubileum...
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    December 1900 – 24 June 1973) was a Finnish jurist and politician, born in Pielisjärvi. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1945 to 1950, representing...
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    Russia, little part of Tohmajärvi since 1946), Outokumpu, Liperi, Nurmes, Pielisjärvi (part of Lieksa since 1973), Polvijärvi, Pyhäselkä, Pälkjärvi (now part...
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  • August 1868 – 16 May 1933) was a Finnish farmer and politician, born in Pielisjärvi. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish...
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