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    Viipuri Province was a historical province of Finland from 1812 to 1945. The predecessor of the province was Vyborg Governorate, which was established...
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    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...
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    Vyborg (redirect from Viipuri)
    Vyborg (/ˈviːbɔːrɡ/; Russian: Выборг, IPA: [ˈvɨbərk]; Finnish: Viipuri, IPA: [ˈʋiːpuri]; Swedish: Viborg, IPA: [ˈvǐːbɔrj] ) is a town and the administrative...
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    Simo Häyhä (category Military personnel from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
    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...
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    Тавастгусская губерния) Oulu Province (Swedish: Uleåborgs län, Finnish: Oulun lääni, Russian: Улеаборгская губерния) Viipuri Province (Swedish: Viborgs län,...
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    Karelia (redirect from Karelian province)
    Karelia. The province of Swedish Karelia would include this territory, plus the region east of the Kymi river, with Viborg (Finnish: Viipuri) becoming the...
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    Aarne Juutilainen (category Military personnel from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
    Aarne Edward Juutilainen (Finnish: [ˈɑːrne ˈjuːtilɑi̯nen]; 18 October 1904 – 28 October 1976), nicknamed "Marokon kauhu" (English: The Terror of Morocco)...
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    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...
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    Voldemar Oinonen (category Military personnel from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland))
    Voldemar Oinonen (1891–1963) was a Finnish military commander. 1939–1940 Assistant Chief General Staff 1940 General Officer Commanding 23rd Division 1940...
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    War, Viipuri was the fourth-largest city in Finland, with about 30,000 people. The surrounding Viipuri Province was the largest Finnish province with...
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