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Suomenlinna (Finnish: [ˈsuo̯menˌlinːɑ]), or
Sveaborg (Swedish: [ˈsvɛːɑˈborj]), is a sea
fortress composed of
eight islands, of
which six have been fortified...
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siege of
Sveaborg was a
siege by
Imperial Russian forces of the sea fort of
Sveaborg (Finnish: Suomenlinna), off the
coast of
Helsingfors (Helsinki);...
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Bombardment of
Sveaborg, also
known as the
Battle of
Sveaborg, took
place on 9–11
August 1855,
between Russian defenders and a
joint British–French...
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Krepost Sveaborg was an
Imperial Russian system of land and
coastal fortifications constructed around Helsinki during the
First World War. The purpose...
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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...
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often better remembered, however, as the
commander of the
fortress of
Sveaborg (Finnish: Suomenlinna)
during the
Finnish War in 1808–09,
which was fought...
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burst out on 2
August 1906
during the
Sveaborg rebellion, a
revolt of the
Russian Bolshevik sailors in the
Sveaborg Fortress in Helsinki. As the mutiny...
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known as
Sveaborg was
constructed on
islands at the
entrance to the harbor.
While intended to
protect Helsinki from
Russian attack,
Sveaborg ultimately...
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military officer,
military architect, artist,
creator of the
Suomenlinna (
Sveaborg) fortress,
Svartholm fortress and the
Swedish archipelago fleet. He was...
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Suomenlinna prison camp (Finnish:
Suomenlinnan vankileiri, Swedish:
Sveaborgs fångläger) was a 1918
Civil War of
Finland concentration camp in the Suomenlinna...
