Vyborg

E29736
city port city

Vyborg is a historic port city in northwestern Russia near the Finnish border, known for its medieval castle and long-contested status between Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

Aliases (2)
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city →
port city →
administrativeCenterOf Vyborgsky District →
changedSovereigntyIn 1940 →
1944 →
connectedByRailTo Saint Petersburg →
connectedByRoadTo Saint Petersburg →
country Russia →
formerCountry Finland →
Sweden →
foundedBy Sweden →
hasArchitecturalStyle Nordic classicism →
medieval architecture →
hasCulturalInfluence Finnish culture →
Russian culture →
Swedish culture →
hasFinnishName Viipuri →
hasFunction seaport →
tourist destination →
hasHeritage medieval history →
hasHistoricalEvent Continuation War →
Winter War →
hasLandmark Vyborg Castle →
medieval castle →
hasNotablePark Monrepos Park →
hasNotableStructure Market Hall →
Round Tower →
hasPortType sea port →
hasSwedishName Viborg →
historicallyContestedBy Finland →
Russia →
Sweden →
historicalRegion Karelia →
languageCurrentlySpoken Russian →
languageHistoricallySpoken Finnish →
Swedish →
locatedIn Leningrad Oblast →
northwestern Russia →
locatedNear Finnish border →
locatedNorthOf Saint Petersburg →
locatedOn Baltic Sea →
Gulf of Finland →
Karelian Isthmus →
partOf Russian Federation →
previouslyPartOf Grand Duchy of Finland →
Kingdom of Sweden →
timeZone Moscow Time →
Referenced by (14)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Vyborg ("Vyborgsky District") →
administrativeCenterOf
Moscow Peace Treaty ("Viipuri") →
affectedCity
Gulf of Finland →
borderCity
Moscow Peace Treaty ("Viipuri") →
cededRegion
European route E18 →
connectsCity
Saint Petersburg Oblast →
contains
Leningrad Oblast →
containsCity
Saint Petersburg Oblast →
hasHistoricTown
Gulf of Finland →
hasMajorPort
Leningrad Oblast →
hasPort
Karelian Isthmus ("Viipuri") →
historicalNameOfCity
Summa, Karelian Isthmus →
locatedNear
Finnish Civil War ("Viipuri") →
location
Karelian Isthmus →
majorCityOnIsthmus
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