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Savakots
Savakots (Savakot, Savaki) is an ethnic group of Ingermanlandia Finns. They are descendants of the migrants resettled in the 17th century to Ingermanlandia from the province of Savo in Eastern Finland. The culture and dialect of Savakots were closer... more


Shvindt, Teodor (1851-1917), a scholar
Peter (Pyotr) Teodor Shvindt (1851, Putoria Estate in Räisälä; now Melnikovo Settlement in Priozresk District - 1917) was an archaeologist, ethnographer, folklorist. He finished a grammar school in the town of Vyborg, studied in the Polytechnic... more


Shyogren, Andrey Mikhaylovich (1794-1855), a scholar
Andreas Johan (Andrey Mikhailovich) Sjogren (1794-1855) was an ethnographer, linguist. In 1831 he became an academician of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Science. He was born in Finland in the family of a shoemaker. He studied in a grammar school... more


Singers of runes
Singers of runes (in Finnish - runonlaulajat) are performers of folk poetic works at the Baltic-Finnic nations (Karelians, Izhora, Votes, Veps), narrators of folk tales (in Finnish runo is a poem, rune). The repertoire of the singers of runes... more


Smolny colony (Immigrant settlement) (the settlement of Kovalyovo)
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Swedes
Swedes (their native name is Svenskar) is an ethnic community. The Swedish language is related to the Germanic group of the Indo-European language family. The religious Swedes are Lutherans. At present they live mainly in Sweden (7,75 million... more


Tiversk military post, a fortress
Tiversk military post, a fortress (Priozersk district, in 3.5 km to south from Vasilevo Settlement). The reinforced settlement on island in the middle of the Vuoksa River, near the Tiuri rapids that was tribal and handicraft centre of the Karelian.... more


Traditional business and handicraft
TRADITIONAL TRADES AND HANDICRAFTS originated from household occupations and crafts which were aimed at production of household objects for the peasants' own needs. Originality of traditional trades in Leningrad Oblast is connected... more


"Tuutari", a park
The "Tuutari" park is the ski resort (the Lomonosov District). It is located on the Kirhof Mountain of the Dudergoffskih hills (finnish language: Tuutari- Dudergof) and its area is 50 hectares. On the territory of the Tuutari park there are four... more


Veps
Veps (IN FORMER TIMES - Chud (Chudes), Chukhars, Kaivans; Veps' native names in the Leningrad Oblast are Vepsya/Bepsya/Veps, Vepslyayzhet/Vepslaazhed/Bepslaazhed, Lyudinikad, Chukharid) are an ethnic community. The Veps language is related to the... more


Veps National Culture Society, the
The Veps National Culture Society (S.Petersburg, 15 Pushkinskaya Street) is a voluntary organization of S.Petersburg. It is was founded in 2000 and officially registered in 2004. The aims of the Society are keeping, studying and developing the Veps... more


Villa Inkeri, a voluntary organization
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Vod Museum, the
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Vod (Votes)
Votes (IN FORMER TIMES - Chud (Chudes), their own native name is Vad'alain (Vadjalain)) are an ethnic community, descendants of the ancient inhabitants of the Northwest of Russia. The Votic language is related to the Baltic-Finnic subgroup of the... more


Vodskaya Land
VODSKAYA LAND (Votskaya Land), historic, cultural, and administrative region of the middle-age Rus, located in the north-western part of Veliky Novgorod’s lands (western part of the current Leningrad Oblast.) First mentioned in the chronicle c.... more


Volkov, Nikolay Nikolayevich (1904-1953), a scholar
Nikolay Nikolayevich Volkov (1904-1953) was a scientist-ethnographer. He graduated from the ethnography department of the geography faculty of the Leningrad State University (1930). In the period from 1931 to 1935 he was mobilized to work in the... more


Vuoksa River, the
VUOKSA, river. It originates in Lake Saimaa (Finland), and flows in Vyborg and Priozersk Districts of Leningrad Oblast. Length: 156 km (of which, 143 km in Leningrad Oblast.). It is subdivided into two arms, the northern and the southern one. The... more


Vyaysyanen, Armas Otto (1890-1969), an ethnographer
Armas Otto Vaisanen (1890-1969) was a folklorist, ethnographer. He studied at the University of Helsinki. In 1919 he became a Master, then in 1939 he became a Doctor of Science. Since 1919 he was a member of the Kalevala Society, in 1930-42 he was... more


Vyborg Castle, the
The Vyborg Castle (the town of Vyborg, Zamkovy (Castle) Island). It is located on the island in the Krepostnoy (Fortress) Strait in the place where the Vuoksa River flows into the Vyborg Bay. It was founded in 1293 by the Swedish Ruler Torkel... more


Vyborg, town
VYBORG (Swedish Wiborg; Finnish Viipuri, until 1948), town, adm. center of Vyborg District. Population: 79,200. The toponym Vyborg originates from the Old Norse Wiborg = “sacred fortress.” It was founded in 1293 at the place of the Vuoksa River’s... more


Yevropeus, Daniel (1820-18884), a scholar
David Emmanuel Daniel Europaeus (in Finnish - Taneli; in Russian - David Petrovich) (1820-1884) was a folklorist, archaeologist. Ethnographer. He was born in the family of a pastor in Olkkola Farmstead of the parish of Savitaipale of the Vyborg... more


Zolotaryev, David Alekseyevich (1885-1937), a scholar
David Alekseyevich Zolotaryov (1885-1935) was an anthropologist, ethnographer, professor (1918). From 1903 to 1904 he was a student of the medical department of the Moscow University; from 1904 to 1907 he lived in Paris, listened to the lectures in... more















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