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Suomenlinna (Finnish: [ˈsuo̯menˌlinːɑ];
until 1918
Viapori, Finnish: [
ˈviaˌpori]), or
Sveaborg (Swedish: [ˈsvɛːɑˈborj]), is a sea
fortress composed of...
- The
Battle of
Suomenlinna (also
known as the
Battle of
Viapori or the
Bombardment of Sweaborg) was
fought on 9–11
August 1855
between Russian defenders...
- 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...
- Ruotsinsalmi,
which had
become insignificant, to
Suomenlinna (then
known as
Viapori) near the city of Helsinki. He was one of the
official food
merchants for...
- the 19th century. The
construction of the
naval fortress of
Sveaborg (
Viapori in Finnish, now also
called Suomenlinna) in the 18th
century helped to...
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platform for
their cannons as
additional protection for war
ports such as
Viapori (now Suomenlinna) and Kronstadt.
There was
already a
reserve army in Finland...
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Russian attacks.
Construction of the
island fortress Sveaborg (in Finnish:
Viapori, today: Suomenlinna)
began in 1748.
During the
Finnish War,
Russians captured...
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Social Democratic leadership to do so, and took part in the
mutiny at
Viapori fortress alongside revolutionary, anti-imperial
Russian soldiers. In the...
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cancer in 1989.
Peippo received a
Jussi Award in 1972 for his
short film
Viapori – Suomenlinna. His most
highly acclaimed work is the
autobiographical childhood...
- to Finland. In 1918 he led an
operation for
eliminating of
cannons in
Viapori fortress in Helsinki; the
significance of the
event has been
later disputed...
