Exploring VYBORG - Sweden, Finland, and Russia in one city!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Hello guys!
Today`s video is about my trip to Vyborg - a city with a very interesting history, that used to belong to Finland, Sweden and Russia. In this video you will see the majority of tourist`s attractions of Vyborg. And if I missed something,- I`ll make another video, because I`m planning to come back in Fall.
I hope you`ll enjoy the video!
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Hey guys! Which of the sights of Vyborg did you like the most?
Any sightings of good food are always my personal favorite.
It is like a living history book, well preserved as for authenticity of the prior periods to time that saw the creation of Vyborg. I know name's ending in borg is typically Swedish so it it interesting to see the ethnic mix in one Russian city, Finnish, Russian and Swedish. I bet if DNA tests were performed on many Russian people, the results would show a mix if Russian, Swedish and even German blood. I am aware that there were German settlements in other parts of Russia and even some of the names are German sounding. Some of the people who came to the United States and settled in the northern plains states like the North and South Dakota came from Russia but are ethnically German. By the way, you perform an excellent service as a travel guide and history expert. You could organize tours and take foreign tourists on tours of various Russian cities and points of attraction, earning money from your work as a guide.
You ! from USA.
Svetlana was the best sight!
The library was so cool. Loved the sky lights.
The old house was nice and the park was very cool!
The Viking statue
My Finnish friend took me to St. Petersburg in the summer of 95. We drove past Viipuri and it was very beautiful.
Thanks for the vid👍 my ancestors lived here around 1200 ad when it belonged to Sweden so it was interesting for me to see this. I am from Sweden.
Wow! What a wonderful Historical City - Vyborg. Wonderful video ...Thanks so much Svetlana!
Viipuri (Viborg) has always been a Finnish/Karelian city - up until 1940/1944. Viipuri is perhaps the least Russian city in Russia.
Originally Viipuri was a Karelian trading place. The "Swedes" who built the city mostly spoke Finnish, as the Finns were Swedes too.
Even during the Russian rule 1710-1812 most of the population in Viiipuri was Finnish - and practically everybody outside of it.
In 1812 Viipuri and the rest of the so-called Old Finland were returned to The Autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland (1809-1917).
Practically all the old, nice (if not ruined) buildings are built by the Finns, for the Finns.
Finnish nazi stronkkkk!!!
I'm a Finn living in Finland and I've never visited in Vyborg.
But it is in my bucket list.
I’m from Finland, and that city looks SO Finnish. It’s just the same mix of east and west that we have here within the Finnish borders. I did hear what you Svetlana said about the history, and knew about it from before, but never really saw a video from inside the city. It struck me how Finnish it actually looks!
Thanks!
Except Finland is super boring and depressing
Right! Funny to see very Finnish Jugend-buildings etc...
Yes funny you think it looks “so Finnish”, till The Russia invaded in the winter war and continuation war.
@@dagkarlsson7182 and what’s the connection with that and the buildings built before the Second World War?
In the Swedish language, Borg means fortress. So Vyborg translates into Fortress of Vy.
Many Swedish city names end with borg, most famously Göteborg (Gothenburg), meaning Fortress of Goths.
So then the Borg of the Star Trek:Next Generation series would be interplanetary Swedish Vikings.
Strasbourg, Gagdeburg. in finsk Vipuri = Vyborg
@@louisecorchevolle9241 in finsk = Viipuri
In Sweden we normally refer to the city as Viborg, with an I. ”Vi” in Swedish language is normally meaning a holy place or a place for sacrifying. Very ofthen the ”Vi” is in the end of the name instead like ”Odensvi” meaning a holy place/sacrifying place for ”Odin” the old Norse god, or ”Torsvi” a holy place for ”Thor”.
@@mattanderson6336⁰
Hi endearing lady.
A wonderful place, very Scandinavian but very russian at the same time.
Vyborg is a very interesting place.
Nice city. My ethnically finnish family is from Viipuri. Vyborg has been a Finnish city since the days of Novogorod before year 1000. Now Russia occupies Vyborg and the winner rewrites history.
Winner in that they got some land. Loser in that they failed to annex Finland.
@@ilmatar6608 I mean, the Soviet Union conquered Vyborg
@@MottiMatti_R They did, but their goal in the Winter War was all of Finland.
You have so right.
My grandfather sailed with g
cargo from Sweden to Viborg- several times. So beautiful historical city.
One of my father's onkels was voluntary in the Swedish regiment during the Winter war. We have finns in our family back to woodfinns in Sweden.
Almost every Swedish family have some Finnish ancestors 😊🇸🇪🇫🇮💪
Greetings from Sweden.
Huvää Soumi 😊
@@ilmatar6608 Jep.
It was "built by the Swedish", now you have to remember that back then there weren't even an idea of Finnish or Finland, it was all Sweden but the city itself were mostly populated by Finnish.
Finnish people existed before finland. It's not like Finnish people didn't exist before finland was a thing.
@@lmao2351 But it was under swedish govern.
@@осцар I didn't say it wasn't.
Sure, several hundrets of years of taxation and extorson. Swedes needs to be very proud that it was russian tzar who uprgaded finland to country, below sweden it would still be like slaves??
@@juhah6544 Finns were not slaves! There was finns in the swedish parliament during this time. There was no difference between Sweden and Finland it was simply the same nation.
The funny point of Aalto Library is that the rebuilding was financed by a general colection of public money. Several milliond were collected but actually the toilet of the Library was fixed. Rest of the money dissapeared in true Rusian style. A huge protest in Finland after the collapse of communist regime, made the fixing of the library to ok conditin
Thank you Vatanen, I never knew this.
I like it because it looks so clean. It has a nice balance of old and new and forest and city. I also like the doors that have the round top.
many of the older buildings are in horrible condition though.
"Rannalle himmeän lahden
Aurinko laskenut on
Kutsu jo soi iltahuudon
Taakka jo laskettu on
Taattoa muista sä silloin
Askel jo uupunut on
Lapset ja lastemme lapset
Teidän nyt vuoronne on
Hoivatkaa, kohta poissa on veljet
Muistakaa, heille kallis ol' maa
Kertokaa lasten lapsille lauluin
Himmetä ei muistot koskaan saa
Hymni soi holvissa hiljaa
Tummana kaipuuta soi
Aika on korjannut viljaa
Sarka jo kynnetty on
Ammoin me marssimme kahden
Tulta löi taivas ja maa
Rannoilta Äänisen lahden
Kelle nyt kertoa saa
Hoivatkaa, kohta poissa on veljet
Muistakaa, heille kallis ol' maa
Kertokaa lasten lapsille lauluin
Himmetä ei muistot koskaan saa
Laineissa Laatokan mahti
Kahlita kenkään ei voi
Veljet sen rantoja vahti
Konsa on koittava koi
Ylväänä Karjalan heimo
Tuskaansa kantanut on
Maa-äiti suojaansa sulkee
Vartija poissa jo on
Hoivatkaa, kohta poissa on veljet
Muistakaa, heille kallis ol' maa
Kertokaa lasten lapsille lauluin
Himmetä ei muistot koskaan saa"
hieno teksti!
I love the nordic history in Russia🔮
Beautiful city and video! And the weather was glorious! Keep up the good work! 👍
Спасибо большое Светлана,не разу не был в этом замечательном городе.Слишком он далеко от Сиэтла.👍
Здравствуйте. Когда Вы переехали в США?
@@Ded_Silu Здравствуйте,в 1998
Was the cathedral bells playing Figaro? Loved the round tower, the old stone house, and of course, the fried fish eating seagull. I love old buildings and architecture. Great video.
No, I don’t think it was playing figaro😅
Seagull was my favorite too😀
Awesome! You are even more beautiful than the sites and buildings you are showing! I want to visit Russia now!
Sellanen ol' Viipuri.
Home of some of the ancestors and we have been nearby but never actually there, so it is very informative to see it in video! Thank you so much for this and it is a beautiful place.
Thank you for taking us on this wonderful journey, the city was beautiful with a lot of historic monuments. Just like a typical tourist city.
You are so lucky to be going on so many vacations.
It looks a very, very, VERY average Swedish city. Like pick any city in Sweden, they look just like this (except for all the neglected buildings falling apart). It's soooo weird. I didn't know this existed in Russia. It's pretty cool.
As a Swede I'd say there's definitely a Swedish vibe in parts. I had no idea! Very beutiful houses from all eras, but most beautiful is Svetlana! 😘
The oldest parts definitely do have a Swedish vibe to them. The little bit newer parts look very much the same as they do here in Finland!
@@davidkasquare kippis!
Yes, when I visited Vyborg, I felt a Swedish vibe as when visiting Stockholm.
Thank you for this video! 👍🧑🏻🌾🇨🇦🍻
Finland will never forget you !
Thanks to the Russians, Finns have freedom. Forgot this? Who gave you your country? Forgot? Go learn history, you freak.
The old buildings reminds me of old town in Swedish cities. I might have to put that on my visit list when corona is gone, thank you for the tour! :)
Yes, as we have in old Stockholm for exempel! Or Vadstena!
Well, there's a rather simple explanation for that: This used to be a Finnish (i. e. Swedish) city.
@@karelianmghow9095 *Previously, for example, countries such as Sweden and Poland claimed imperial status but made one big mistake by declaring war on Russia and now these are regional countries! ;-)*
@@UltraTotenkopf RuSSia scores off in this regard as well. It started a genocidal war against a certain much smaller neighbour and expected it to be a walk in the park. Unexpectedly, it's now being taken from behind by this aforementioned neighbour, and has thus forever cemented its status as a regional power (which it has always been to be honest).
Good job Putin 😁
@@karelianmghow9095 *Listen to the Nazis ... the war began in 2014 with the genocide of ethnic Russians in the Donbass, which resulted in the death of 14 thousand civilians in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to UN reports, so you Nazi pig just farted into a puddle, and in 2022 what this blood feud of the Russians happened for their brothers and sisters, and the Ukrainians will have to pay for every one killed in the Donbass!*
Thank You for sharing so wonderful Vyborg
Привет вам из Выборга! Неплохо очень показали наш город)
Благодарю! У вас прекрасный город!
Second helping to Vyborg, first helping was very tasty, hence the second helpig, Bravo to the presenter Svetlana., Denny Fernando
I am so glad you are showing us Vyborg, an interesting historic town. Really, the Russian Tourist Board should hire you for the excellent job you do.
I love your Finnish designed library. And I'm glad you like libraries and books! I'm guessing post office is Swedish design? I really liked your Zhasmin restaurant too -- nice dinner spot. The Park was great too but for mosquitoes (we have plenty here in Texas!). Fascinating video. Thanks. (And you look lovely as always, with your pretty hair. Very American (Beyonce braids))
Vyborgh is a small city but it is big in history. I like 3 things. First is the artistic post office. 2. The stones road, I believe stones road is last long and stronger than asphalt roads. 3. The cleanlinest of the city. Next time I visit Finland, I will also visit Vyborgh.
FROM 👑WYBORG👑 WITH LOVE....!!!!!👍👍👍
Again many thanks for shating Svetlana ,D F, UK
Nice video! Cool to see the different places. A cat made its appearance in this tour! You probably have the most beautiful hair on TH-cam.
Thank you!😃
It’s funny that I just cut my hair😅
We would like to get our land back thaaaanks....
-Finland
this city was built by swedes, population was almost russian, you finngols have nothing to do with this town
@@dranonymous3027 actually The population was mostly Finnish Even in 1700's and it was Part of Finland 1814-1940 (41-44) and like she Said in The video alot of building were build by finns so Finland still has a good reason to get The town Back But in My opinion Russia can keep it because it would Be super expensive to rebuild all The buildings and it would not Be worth it
@Jake Johansson i meant as great duchy of Finland
@Jake Johansson yes i know that finland was Part of The russian Empire But Finland still had own currency, military, police, parlament etc. So thats why i Said that vyborg was Part of The grand duchy of Finland because it was. russia gave vyborg to Finland in 1814
@Jake Johansson yea true atleast compared to Sweden But when Nicholas II came in Power than Russia started to treat us badly
Thanks for the explanation, interesting! Nice hair and I love your voice. Peace and love from Singapore ❤️
what a beautiful place.
yes oldest house in russia i googled it built in 1583 when town was swedish i was surprised the parks and things still retain Lenin's name since i thought he was persona non gratia in russia as well as the rest of the world i love librarys and museums too but without windows i would miss daydreaming over a book looking out a window
Всем привет из Выборга!)
Amazing video love the music and the cinematography my favourite part is the park keep up the amazing work ❤️ your channel and videos are amazing especially the travel videos.
all the best from Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you!😃
The park was my favorite too😊
Svetlana to answer your question; I simply love everything about Vyborg but, the Seagall that was begging for food was funny. Of course the cinematography was perfect and, I also really liked the central market. I also hate mosquitoes. And you looked absolutely stunning, gorgeous and, beyond gorgeous. Your video may be hungry for some watermelon, so I'm going to the store to buy some its only 102° here. Please more videos I love them.
Thank you so much!😊 Yeah, watermelon sounds good rn 🤤
The seagull was the cutest!
Citisens of Viipuri has send to goverment of finland request to join republic of finland. Same as mincipalities of Käkisalmi and Sortavala
I love your videos, thanks for creating them, Bruce,
Look at this modern library! It is in a great condition! wow!
Very nice video Svetlana , i love the videos and the history of your country. Thank you for sharing
Love that church bell. Beautiful place
Viipuri is a Finnish city, wrongfully invaded and annexed by Stalin.
I'm still eagerly waiting for a reckoning of Soviet war crimes. It's about time someone dug those bad boys from underneath the carpet.
It will never happen, now Russian tactics is to turn everything around from history and get mentally strengt to stand against enemies they see everywhere. Btw, check isoviha and pikkuviha from wikipedia. Some more crimes.
no politician dares to even propose the idea to the public, it's horrible.
Why Finnland attacked RSFSR in 1918? Killed more then a million CIVILIANS in Leningrad siege? When will Fnnland learn about their crimes?
Very nice to see
Go visit Scandic to.Svetlana.Denmark,Norway,Sweden,Iceland and Finland.Its a big travel/trip in history like the russian history
Don't confuse with Viborg in the Jutland in Denmark
I enjoy your excellent videos. Thank you 💕
I enjoy your video since I have Swedish and Finnish relatives..
You look incredible. Love your beautiful blonde hair
Thank you so much!
I like your hair ......wow !!!
Viipuri belongs to the Finland!
Ei enää. Silloin siitäkin tulisi III maailman jengien kaatopaikka.
Not anymore. Then it would also become the dump of the III world gangs.
Viborg*
@@Jennifer-gv7gp Viipuri
@@Jennifer-gv7gp This one? 😉 fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viborg
Like your videos Svetlana..they reflect your beauty..
Надо было подготовиться, ошибка на ошибке. Площадь называется Красная, не river a Gulf etc.
I live in Kursk, but even me, got my eye twiching from this "video".
А
А на какой трассе стоит, она не знает, ее привозят .
Она другим зарабатывает. Сейчас клиентов нет, приходится видио снимать. А на какой площади или трассе стоит она не знает.
Great vid , loved watching it .
Mieux qu'une invitation officielle à visiter la Russie!
Merci Svetlana pour nous faire découvrir ces lieux extraordinaires ..
On vous apprécie beaucoup de la France.
Soyez bénie pour votre partage.
Vyborg or Viipuri is stolen from Finland and Finns like Crimea is now stolen from Ukraine.
Nice. It looks warm there. I see no snow.
Beautiful video. Great narration
Loved your video. I like you so much. I am Australian.
14:00 ❤❤
One day it will be Finnish again!
one day Finland will be russian again :P
@@voxaliqui4279 It has never been Russian. They invaded and occupied it.
@@wynwilliams6977 Just kidding Wyn, have a nice day :*
@@voxaliqui4279 Ok, you as well.
One day Finnland can have Vyborg back but it will be republic as part of Russia.
5:25 the mid part of the information board shows information in Finnish and the lower part in Swedish. Gotta visit the City some day! Greets from Sweden.
Thank you!🙂
Historical correction. Viipuri (Vyborg) was Finnish territory from 1812. My grandfathers home town🏘 which he was forced to leave after the war with Soviet Union. 😠
Those mosquitos have had the taste of your blood, it is no wonder they wish to sample it again, veyr tasty no doubt, may explain the vigourus attcacks, Svetlanal
Historical Finnish town.
Only new buildings aren't beautiful... but they are Russian architecture.
These days Viborg is ruining because Russians doesn't care Viipuri. They stole it from Finland. All the plumbings are 100 years old, and some places you can smell it.
They ruin Viipuri because making remont is not in their mind.
Funny thing is to see you Russians can't praise by the towns you build, you can only praise those stolen towns.
Historically it is a Swedish city. Finland? What country is it? She received her statehood only thanks to the Russians. The Finnish language survived only thanks to the Russians, being a part of Sweden, the Finnish language was banned. Who are the Finns? These are beggar fishermen who lived in dugouts. It was only thanks to Sweden and then the Russian Empire that they began to have their own cities.
@@SmotritelMayaka29 You must be stupid. Your knowledge of history is typical Russian level.
You don't know what country Finland is??? Its the most educated country in the world. Its a country where everything works unlike in Russia. Its a country which products Russians love.
What is Russia... poor country with poor people.
@Jake Johansson So what would be the result? Death of the truth?
@@SmotritelMayaka29 You are clearly describing what most of Russia is even today outside of urban centres: shack villages, drunken dedushkas and babushkas that spend their time smoking fish and pulling vodka with both hands, and extreme poverty. It's almost as if time had stopped in 1991. Finland and Russia have the largest gap in living standards in the entirety of Europe.
PS. Finns were and are essentially Swedes. Finland used to be 'Östland', Eastern part of the realm, Eastern Sweden. Of course Viipuri is our city. It was built and inhabited by us.
@@karelianmghow9095
Before you write nonsense, study at least Wikipedia (more complex historical research will be too difficult for you) and learn the history of the Finnish people.
"Like other West Ural and Baltic Finns, the Finns originate from the Volga, Oka and Kama rivers in the territory of modern Russia. Here the genetic basis of the future Finns was formed. There were at least two noticeable waves of migration of the ancestors of the Finns to the west. They began to move up the Dnieper. , and from there to the headwaters of the Väinäjoki (Daugava), from where they eventually moved along the river towards the Baltic Sea. The second wave of migration brought the main group of Finnish ancestors from the Baltic Sea to the southwestern coast of Finland. "
It must have been a nice city 100 years ago!
PLEASE COME TO MONTREAL AND LET US ALL KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF MY CITY??
Vyborg belongs to Finland
Had you supported Russia against its enemies, perhaps Vyborg would have remained Fin. First Nazi Germany, then NATO and Anglo Zionists- very bad move.
Torkel Knutsson Castle 👍
Swedes 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 now how to build
Skanska! :)
Прожил там 5 лет, от города негативных воспоминаний больше чем положительных...
Fanns det inte tysklands där oxo?
yes and better
Not sure sweden or finland would have done anything better. Russia is beautiful
We would, trust me :D
@@TheNismo777 Who is this we?
@@binusd9817 Both Sweden and Finland 😉
@@TheNismo777 First u try to cleanup the scum in urown backyard. Think ur accepting all the jihadis maybe good for u. Russia is beautiful we know how to preserve our monuments we don't need workers from sweden or finland
@@binusd9817 Someone got their feelings hurt at aisle 4! Get that childish shit outta here since it has no value. 🙈 Atleast we dont lie to the world just about everything 😉
Alvar Aalto, yes daling. 😊😊❤
Good friday
Very nice. I would love to go there some day when things open up again. Do the people speak Finnish and Russian and maybe Swedish also (with some English also)? I enjoy your informative videos. Thank you.
The population of the whole Karelian istmus was evacuated during the winter war.
They were given an option to stay if they wanted, but everybody left.
I don't think we Finns are bitter though. This is part of the history and actually made Finland to what it is today.
Nice city
Wow ur hair 😍😍😍👌👌👌👌
you have so many beautiful places in your country
and by the way - with that beautiful long hair you looks like a princess it is so pity that you cut it short . . . 😘
I caught the comment that Sweden or Finland would take better care of it. Svetlana should show us one of the museums of St. Petersburg, like the Hermitage.
The Library!
I am from Vyborg
Tell us about your city! :)
My mother comes from Vyborg
As a Swedish American I've some interest in this city; and in the relationship between quite a few Russians and Swedes; more than with ethnic Russians and any other single western European nation that I'm aware of.
Vyborg is stolen from Finland.
That hair is most unique.
Svetlana thank you so much for showing us around that beautiful town. Do you know what the round building was? I loved the natural park, it was amazing. Your lunch looked yummy. If you don't mind me asking is your hair all yours? Your hair is so beautiful and flowing. Hope you will be doing other areas of Russia because it is so fascinating to me. Thanks for the tour, it was outstanding. Be well and stay safe. You have a lovely speaking voice.
Thank you!😃 the park was my favorite too!
Yes this is all my real hair, but you might be surprised in the next video, cause I cut it real short😁
@@SVETLANAFROMRUSSIA I'm sure long or short your hair will look fantastic because of your attractive face. Stay well and be safe.
Pretty sad to look at from a finnish perspective. Everything gone rancid.. Would have been a thriving city.
I guess Russia didn’t have enough land mass. My grandmother used to bike to dances there from Uusikirkko before the war. 😆
The city have gone through major restoration and renovation in the past 10 years and it's going to continue.
Какой город У Вас родной?
Да, блондинки очень люблю ))
Красотища )
Again, thank you for sharing another part of your world. I love the history of towns and cities and mostly the architecture. ✌🏼
My pleasure, Tamara!😃
Thank you for taking your time to watch my videos 😊
@@SVETLANAFROMRUSSIA It’s so very cool to get a response from you. Greetings from San Diego, California
Hey Svetlana ….your English is good where did you study ?
VERY VERY impressed with ? how Svetlana dealt with that mosquito .......
Beautiful town
Wery nice presentatin of Viipuri Wyborg. I would love to go see💋🌸🌺🌹I actyally had a visa for 1 year,but it got old now.
Jay shree ram ji ki, so beautiful place
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Member daling, no happy man and women like, yes. 😊😊❤