hidden Vyborg Cultire Society named after Emil Sivori “VYBORGSKOYE OBSCHESTVO” (“VYBORG TOWN CULTURE SOCIETY ”), named after Emil Sivori (17, Fizkul’turnaya str., Vyborg Town). It was founded in 1990 and bears a name of a Finnish ethnographer and composer E. Sivori who founded Finnish Culture Society... more

hidden 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