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Saving an Alvar Aalto treasure
; ...of 20th-century architecture, Aalto's Viipuri Library is situated in a town park about...received the commission to design the Viipuri town library through a competition in...town was in Finnish territory and named Viipuri. When much of southeastern Finland was...
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BID TO SAVE AALTO MASTERPIECE
; ...library in the Russian border town of Vyborg, which was formerly Viipuri, the second-largest city in Finland. Two British supporters...extensive damage inflicted on the building following the fall of Viipuri into Soviet hands in 1940. Contrary to common perceptions...
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Liisa Roberts
; ...Finland's second largest city, was called Viipuri at the time, changing names when annexed...Finnish Committee for the Restoration of Viipuri Library (though the city remains Russian...Finnish Committee for the Restoration of Viipuri Library was largely oriented toward the...
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astragal
; ...had known Alvar Aalto attended the fund-raising gala for the Viipuri Library, hosted by Finnish ambassador Pertti Salolainen and...for the Snow Show, and taken a vital role in establishing the Viipuri Library Trust, chaired by Norman Foster with support from Michael...
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Nobel peace prize for 'stubborn' Finn
; ...childhood wanderings as a victim of the Second World War. "I was born in the city of Viipuri, then still part of Finland," Mr Ahtisaari, 71, said recently. "We lost Viipuri when the Soviet Union attacked my country. Along with 400,000 Karelians I became...
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EDWIN HOLMES, 86 FITCHBURG DENTIST FOR 55 YEARS
; ...86, a dentist who practiced in Fitchburg for 55 years. Dr. Holmes died Sunday at the Burbank Hospital in Fitchburg. Born in Viipuri, Finland, Dr. Holmes attended Fitchburg High School and received his bachelor's degree from Clark University in Worcester...
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Schauman streamlines
; ...a capacity of 62,000-75,000m(3)/yr. The project will be completed by by 1995-1996. The company also plans to close down its Viipuri plywood mill at Lappeenranta and transfer production to the Kaukas plywood mill. At Lahti Mill, plywood processing will be...
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Kalle J. Vertti, 65, baker, pastry chef
; ...years, he was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous. He was a member of St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church. Born in Viipuri, Finland, he was the son of Lempi Karhunen Vertti Helander of Helsinki, Finland, and the late Vaino I. Vertti. He was the stepson...
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Open and shut for Schauman
; ...processing is to be expanded in Lahti. Schauman's Kaukas and Viipuri plywood mills are to be merged in Lappeenranta in 1996. Coniferous veneer peeling will be phased out at Viipuri next year, when the Ristiina unit goes into full production...
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Finnish alcohol-related travel down due tax cut - report.(Brief Article)
; ...neighbouring countries. Coaches that used to be packed with Finnish travellers were now running empty to the former Finnish city of Viipuri in Russia, according to Reuters. In Finland spirits, wines and brewed drinks that contain more than 4.7% alcohol by volume...
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