Viipuri, Finland

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Viipuri,_Finland

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:city
gptkbp:cededTo	gptkb:Soviet_Union 1940
gptkbp:currentLocation	gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:currentName	gptkb:Vyborg
gptkbp:foundedIn	1293
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:Vyborg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Viipuri, Finland
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Viipuri_Castle medieval old town
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Finland gptkb:Karelia
gptkbp:locatedOn	gptkb:Gulf_of_Finland
gptkbp:losses	gptkb:Finland gptkb:Winter_War
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Winter_War_evacuation gptkb:Siege_of_Vyborg_(1710)
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Martti_Ahtisaari gptkb:Akseli_Gallen-Kallela
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Kingdom_of_Sweden gptkb:Russian_Empire gptkb:Grand_Duchy_of_Finland
gptkbp:population	about 80,000 (before WWII)
gptkbp:recapturedBy	gptkb:Finland_(1941-1944) gptkb:Soviet_Union_(1944)
gptkbp:region	gptkb:South_Karelia
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Viipuri_Library gptkb:Larry_Thorne
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6