City of Vyborg (Viipuri in Finnish) during summer 2007. Vyborg is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was founded as a medieval fortress in Finland under Swedish rule. As Finland declared independence from Russia in 1917, Vyborg became its second-most significant city after Helsinki. During World War II, city´s population was evacuated and the town was ceded to the Soviet Union.
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Keywords: 2007, carelia, city, decayed, dilapidated, finland, finnish, history, karjala, leningrad, oblast, ramshackle, run, run-, russia, soviet, viipuri, vyborg, war
