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  • Thumbnail for History of Turku
    (Swedish: Åbo) is Finland's oldest city, having been founded in 1229. The city has a history as part of Sweden, Russia, and finally as an important city of independent...
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    Turku (redirect from Åbo)
    Swedish: Åbo, Finland Swedish: [ˈoːbu] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the...
    92 KB (8,206 words) - 07:28, 23 June 2024
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    that the Treaty of Åbo (Finnish: Turku) had been finalized, with Sweden ceding to Russia the towns of Lappeenranta and Hamina and a strip of Finland to...
    19 KB (2,488 words) - 10:37, 20 June 2024
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    (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. It was established in 1744 in newly ceded territories from Sweden following the Treaty of Åbo and parts of Saint Petersburg...
    6 KB (677 words) - 18:05, 24 June 2024
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    conflict part of this county was also ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Åbo. The ceded parts of the County of Viborg and Nyslott and the County of Kexholm were...
    5 KB (334 words) - 20:48, 13 December 2023
  • provinces in the Grand Principality. Åbo och Björneborg Governorate (Russian: Або-Бьернеборгская губерния, Swedish: Åbo och Björneborgs län, Finnish: Turun...
    7 KB (821 words) - 10:43, 17 October 2023
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    Finnish War (redirect from War of Finland)
    attacked Copenhagen and the Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) was declared. Referring to the treaties of 1780 and 1800, the emperor demanded that Gustav Adolf...
    40 KB (5,250 words) - 16:16, 18 May 2024
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    Old Finland (category History of Karelia)
    not included in Old Finland. In the Treaty of Åbo (1743) Sweden had to cede the areas in southern Karelia east of the Kymi river and around Savonlinna...
    5 KB (621 words) - 06:09, 23 June 2023
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    Karelia (category History of Karelia)
    1721 between Imperial Russia and Sweden ceded a portion of Karelia to Russia. The Treaty of Åbo in 1743 between Sweden and Russia then ceded South Karelia...
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    parts of County of Kexholm. In 1743 following a new conflict part of this county was also ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Åbo. The ceded parts of the County...
    5 KB (402 words) - 10:02, 13 February 2023
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    known as the Treaty of Tudején. Also known as the Treaty of Winchester or the Treaty of Westminster. Also known as the First Treaty of Constance. Also...
    229 KB (4,978 words) - 09:32, 21 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Karelia (historical province of Finland)
    southeastern part of this county was also ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Åbo of 1743. After the conquest in 1809 of the rest of Finland, Russia's 18th...
    14 KB (1,633 words) - 00:33, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Viipuri Province
    Swedish Empire to Russia in 1721 (Treaty of Nystad) and in 1743 (Treaty of Åbo). These territories originated as parts of the Viborg and Nyslott County and...
    25 KB (2,072 words) - 16:49, 21 June 2024
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    the Treaty of Nystad (1721) and the Treaty of Åbo (1743). The formation of the grand duchy stems from the Treaty of Tilsit between Tsar Alexander I of Russia...
    43 KB (4,799 words) - 07:55, 17 June 2024
  • Swedish neutrality (category 1812 introductions)
    with the Swedish Crown Prince in Åbo. At the meeting it was agreed that Sweden would accept that Finland was part of Russia in exchange for the Tsar's...
    30 KB (4,023 words) - 08:03, 28 April 2024
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    Factory (trading post) (category History of international trade)
    Norway (Tønsberg) and Finland (Åbo). Later, cities like Bruges and Antwerp actively tried to take over the monopoly of trade from the Hansa, inviting...
    17 KB (1,979 words) - 15:11, 17 May 2024
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    bastionné line of the coat of arms refers to Savitaipale's position as a border keeper in the period between the Treaty of Åbo concluded in 1743 and the...
    7 KB (333 words) - 06:57, 8 May 2023
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    Alexander Chernyshyov (category Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree)
    invasion of Russia. However, Russian diplomacy failed in recruiting Bernadotte into military coalition, and the talks culminated in the Treaty of Åbo (30 August...
    11 KB (1,259 words) - 09:36, 28 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bessarabia Governorate
    Russia by the Treaty of Bucharest following the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812). The Governorate was disbanded in 1917, with the establishment of Sfatul Țării...
    26 KB (2,728 words) - 17:39, 7 March 2024
  • capital of Turku was officially known as Åbo' in Swedish', a city across from Sweden on the Gulf of Bothnia. It was believed that the relative lack of Swedish...
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