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    ship Ilmarinen was lost to mines. In 1943 "Detachment Väinämöinen", which consisted of Väinämöinen, six VMV patrol boats and six motor minesweepers, was...
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  • Sketch of Väinämöinen meeting the eagle, from Great Kalevala by Akseli Gallen-Kallela Väinämöinen's Sowing by Joseph Alanen Canto III. – Väinämöinen and Joukahainen...
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    Mannerheim, 1929 Page depicting the birth of Väinämöinen from the unfinished Great Kalevala [fi], 1920–1930 His studio and house at Tarvaspää was opened...
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    Trolle Olfert Fischer Peder Skram Niels Juel Väinämöinen-class Panssarilaiva ships (1931) Ilmarinen Väinämöinen - transferred to Soviet Union as a reparations...
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    lure the Soviet Air Forces to attack the Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen. No aircraft were however sent there. S6 ex-Torpedo boat № 212 (Миноносец...
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    was stationed in Högsåra with the submarines and coastal defence ships Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen. After three Soviet scout planes flew over the ships, the...
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    My Own Land (1918) Song of the Earth (1919) Hymn of the Earth (1920) Väinämöinen's Song (1926) Other voice(s) & orchestra The Rapids-Rider's Brides (1897)...
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    girl who seems to wish to drown herself rather than marry the elderly Väinämöinen. Later in the story. she is unexpectedly lost in the water while bathing...
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    the Sampo, Op. 24 (1915), for baritone, male choir, and strings; and, Väinämöinen Sows the Wilderness, Op. 46 (1920), for soprano (or tenor) and orchestra...
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    constellation boundaries, as set by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte in 1930, are defined by a polygon of 26 sides. In the equatorial coordinate system...
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  • Model Origin Acquired Fate Image Details Ilmarinen  Finland 1931 Sunk in 1941 Väinämöinen 1932 Scrapped in 1966...
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  • Smaukka, for baritone and male choir, Op. 37 (1917) Väinämöisen kylvö (Väinämöinen Sows the Wilderness), for soprano (or tenor), Op. 46 (1919–20); text...
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    6:06 a.m. Helsinki time as reported by the Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen. On the morning of 25 June, the Soviet Union launched another air offensive...
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    Finnish-Soviet co-production film Sampo (1959) in which he played the role of Väinämöinen. Somersalmi married actress Aili Somersalmi in 1912. In April 1962, he...
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    aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin) Ilmarinen  Finnish Navy 13 September 1941 A Väinämöinen-class coastal defence ship that was sunk by mines. 59°27′N 21°05′E /...
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  • Parsifal 6036 P-L Parsifal, Arthurian knight MPC · 2095 2096 Väinö 1939 UC Väinämöinen, from Finnish mythology MPC · 2096 2097 Galle 1953 PV Johann Gottfried...
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    at least 5 icebreakers. The two coastal defence ships, Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen, were moved to harbour in Turku where they were used to bolster the air...
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    Ilmarinen, and Ossippa Borissainen. Particularly Vaseli Levonen aka. Ukki Väinämöinen, who had prominent Karelian features and general resemblance to the Finnish...
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    Bombadil controls his world with song, in a manner recalling the hero Väinämöinen in the Finnish epic, the Kalevala; indeed, he only speaks in metre. Corey...
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     107 to any composition. However, earlier personal lists indicate that c. 1930 the composer had labeled the Three Introductory Antiphons (Kolme johdantovuorolaulua)...
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    the Ojibwe people to the Roman Catholic Church, Hiawatha, similarly to Väinämöinen at the end of the Kalevala, launches his canoe westward toward the sunset...
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    armored ships ordered for the Finnish Navy were named after Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen (1930–1931). The Kalevala house, which rises to a height of more...
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    Destroyer 1917–1918 1,120 2 V7 River gunboat  Romanian Naval Forces 1943 2 Väinämöinen Coastal defence ship  Finnish Navy 1931–1932 3,900 2 Van Galen Destroyer...
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  • needed] The company also designed the Finnish Navy coastal defense ships Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen in the late 1920s. Both ships were also built by Crichton-Vulcan...
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    expeditions) Commanders and leaders Kurt Martti Wallenius Johan Laidoner Ukki Väinämöinen Georg Elfvengren   Jukums Vācietis Leon Trotsky Strength Finland: ~10...
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    (2008) M/S Megastar (2017) M/S Aurora Botnia (2021) Ilmarinen (1931) and Väinämöinen (1932), first battleships with a diesel-electric drive Turunmaa-class...
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    The 3,900-metric-ton (3,800-long-ton) (displacement) Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen were ordered in 1927 and delivered in 1931 and 1932, respectively. The...
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    Järnefelt & Helsinki PO Kanteleen synty (Birth of the Kantele) Väinämöinen soittaa (Väinämöinen's Call) Op. 78: Lauluseppele (Wreath Song), cantata for baritone...
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    aircraft carrier 23,000 25 May 1940 scrapped 1956 Ilmarinen  Finland Väinämöinen coastal defence ship 3,900 17 April 1934 sunk 13 September 1941 Iltis...
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    Sibelius's first child Eva, in April the premiere of his choral work Väinämöinen's Boat Ride was a considerable success, receiving the support of the press...
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