Viipuri Province (Finland)

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former province of Finland

Viipuri Province (Finland) was a former province of Finland located in the southeastern part of the country, historically centered on the city of Viipuri (Vyborg) and known for its strategic and cultural significance before large parts were ceded to the Soviet Union after World War II.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Viipuri Province of Finland	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former province of Finland ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Gulf of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Ladoga NERFINISHED ⓘ Leningrad Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Viipuri NERFINISHED ⓘ Vyborg NERFINISHED ⓘ
cededAfter	Continuation War NERFINISHED ⓘ Winter War NERFINISHED ⓘ
cededTerritoryTo	Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
culturalRegion	Finnish Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Finns NERFINISHED ⓘ Karelians NERFINISHED ⓘ Russians ⓘ Swedes NERFINISHED ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance	frontier between Finland and Russia ⓘ
historicalEvent	Continuation War NERFINISHED ⓘ Winter War NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	lost territory of Finland ⓘ
knownFor	fortifications of Viipuri ⓘ multicultural urban center in Viipuri ⓘ trade and commerce ⓘ
language	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn	southeastern Finland ⓘ
notableConflict	Battle of Vyborg Bay (1944) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Vyborg (1940) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Grand Duchy of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
portCity	Viipuri NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Vyborg Governorate (Russian Empire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayConnection	Saint Petersburg–Helsinki railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	dissolved administrative unit ⓘ
strategicImportance	Baltic Sea access ⓘ proximity to Saint Petersburg ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit	Kymi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Leningrad Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
treaty	Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris Peace Treaties (1947) NERFINISHED ⓘ
urbanCenter	Viipuri NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Round Tower → historicalTerritory → Viipuri Province (Finland) ⓘ

subject surface form: Round Tower (Vyborg)

Lahdenpohja → usedToBelongTo → Viipuri Province (Finland) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Viipuri Province of Finland