![]() The history of Vyborg covers seven centuries. The new medieval city has started to develop actively in 1293 after the basis the Swedish marshal Torgilsom Knutsonom of the lock who has been put on crossing of the important trading ways, in a zone of military conflicts of the Baltic states. The beginning of building of Vyborg as fortified cities has defined also its name. In transfer from Swedish Vi – means sacred, and борг – a city, a fortress. The city population was updated 4 times. Here spoke in 5 languages: Swedish, Russian, German, Finnish, French. The history of Vyborg is a history of storms and loud fights in which great tsars and kings, brave soldiers and the glorified commanders have been involved. For the long life the city was under the power of 5 different states: the Swedish kingdom, the Russian empire, Independent Finland, Soviet Union, and since 1992 it was a part of the Russian Federation. It is natural that it was reflected and in external shape of a city, in its architecture and the space organisation. Here harmoniously adjoin a modern modernist style and planing the classic, ancient towers and the buildings constructed in style the Renaissance. For today the historical heritage of Vyborg is recognised by an independent cultural value, organically and by originally uniting monuments of the various countries and nationalities. |


