Lappeenranta and Imatra: Finnish Cities Linked to St. Pete, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

The St. Petersburg Times (Russia) | June 1, 2004| | Copyright

Robin Munro
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
06-01-2004
URL: http://www.sptimes.ru/
Two provincial Finnish cities are the closest pieces of the West to St.
Petersburg and offer recreation, medical treatment, dentistry, car registration,
shopping, postal, banking and trade facilities to visitors from just over
the border.
Russian can be heard in the shopping centers of Lappeenranta and
Imatra, and many staff catering to tourists speak Russian; Russian-language
radio station Sputnik broadcasts pop and news across the southern end of
Lake Saimaa, the third biggest lake in Europe, and Russian ...

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