- (Finnish: [ˈsuo̯menˌlinːɑ];
until 1918 Viapori, Finnish: [ˈviaˌpori]), or
Sveaborg (Swedish: [ˈsvɛːɑˈborj]), is a sea
fortress composed of
eight islands,...
- The
siege of
Sveaborg was a
siege by
Imperial Russian forces of the sea fort of
Sveaborg (Finnish: Suomenlinna), off the
coast of
Helsingfors (Helsinki);...
- The
Krepost Sveaborg was an
Imperial Russian system of land and
coastal fortifications constructed around Helsinki during the
First World War. The purpose...
- The
Sveaborg rebellion was an
Imperial Russian military mutiny which broke out on the
evening of 30 July 1906
amongst the
garrison of the
coastal fortress...
-
often better remembered, however, as the
commander of the
fortress of
Sveaborg (Finnish: Suomenlinna)
during the
Finnish War in 1808–09,
which was fought...
-
military officer,
military architect, artist,
creator of the
Suomenlinna (
Sveaborg) fortress,
Svartholm fortress and the
Swedish archipelago fleet. He was...
- to
instigate a coup de état in
Russia and
depose Empress Catherine II.
Sveaborg was set as the
forward base of
operations for the campaign. However, the...
-
known as
Sveaborg was
constructed on
islands at the
entrance to the harbor.
While intended to
protect Helsinki from
Russian attack,
Sveaborg ultimately...
-
lasted roughly a month, with just one man
having been
wounded in action.
Sveaborg (Finnish: Suomenlinna)
under Admiral Carl Olof
Cronstedt had been well...
- Bolsheviks. In
Sveaborg fortress Tsion edited the
Vestnik Kasarmi magazine which also was a
Finnish Social Democratic edition.
During the
Sveaborg Rebellion...
