Wait what?! Finnish-Swedish town in Russia?
Viipuri had changed names and territories too many times: first it was Swedish, then Russian, in 1917 Finnish and then, in 1944 became a Russian city again. Once it was a cosmopolitain city: Germans, Russians, Swedes, Finns living peacefully together.
Then many wars and conflicts took place..and at the end the city became part of USSR. As some describe, this turned the Finnish dream into Soviet ruin.
Is it in such a bad condition as represented in the media? Do Russian people feel like at home there and do they care about the Scandinavian past? Let’s find out!
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