Seiskari

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Seiskari is an island located in the Gulf of Finland, historically known as a fishing community and part of the outer archipelago in the eastern Baltic Sea.

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Seiskari canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
belongsTo Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
category Former Finnish islands ceded to the Soviet Union
Baltic Sea islands
surface form: Islands of the Gulf of Finland
climate cold temperate maritime climate
country Russia
economicActivity coastal fishing
seal hunting
small-scale agriculture
formerCountry Grand Duchy of Finland
surface form: Grand Duchy of Finland (within the Russian Empire)

Finland
surface form: Republic of Finland (before territorial changes after World War II)
hasDialect Karelian-influenced Finnish dialect
hasFeature low-lying terrain
rocky shores
sparse vegetation
hasLanguage Finnish
hasSettlementType village
hasStatus historical island community
historicalCountry Finland
historicalEvent Finnish population evacuated or displaced during and after World War II
historicalPopulation Finnish-speaking islanders
historicalProvince Viipuri Province
historicalRegion Karelian Isthmus
surface form: Karelian Isthmus region
historicalReligion Lutheranism
knownFor fishing community
maritime culture
sealing
locatedIn Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad Oblast
Baltic Sea
surface form: eastern Baltic Sea
locatedInBodyOfWater Gulf of Finland
navigationRole landmark for coastal navigation in the Gulf of Finland
partOf outer archipelago of the Gulf of Finland
outer islands of the Gulf of Finland
populationStatus uninhabited or sparsely inhabited in modern times
region eastern Gulf of Finland archipelago
sea Baltic Sea
strategicImportance located near sea routes in the eastern Gulf of Finland
usedBy local fishermen

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