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Wiburgh, the capital of Russian Finland, is a fortified town and contains about 9000 inhabitants, a few houses are constructed with brick, but the greatest part is with wood. … The exports, the greatest part of which are purchased by the English, are planks, tallow, pitch, and tar. William Coxe: Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden and Denmark. Cambridge 1784. |
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| The castle in Vyborg (Viipuri in Finnish) was built in 1293 by the Swedes, who at that time had already controlled the Finnish peninsula for a century. In 1721 Sweden had to cede southeastern Finland with Vyborg to Russia. In 1812 Vyborg was reunited with the rest of Finland under Russian rule. Finland won its independence in 1917, but during World War II the city had to be ceded to the Soviet Union and the population was evacuated to Finland. |
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Exhibits
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Drawing of Vyborg around the middle of the 17th century, a source of the print in the work Suecia antiqua et hodierna.
Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm.
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Medal commemorating the Russian capture of Viborg from the Swedes on 12th June 1710.
The Russian State Naval Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Picture of Vyborg fortress, done for the Russian Empress Catherine the Great (1729-96).
The Russian State Naval Archives, St. Petersburg.
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Drawing of the fortress of Vyborg with exploding Swedish warships, 1790.
The Russian State Naval Archives, St. Petersburg.