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Suvorov military canals

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Suvorov military canals (Suvorov canals) is a series of four open canals on Saimaa lake in Finland. [1]

22 relations: Alexander Suvorov, Canal, Finnish National Board of Antiquities, Finnish War, Isthmus, Kärnäkoski Fortress, Lappeenranta, Olavinlinna, Puumala, Ruokolahti, Russian Empire, Russo-Swedish War (1741–43), Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), Saimaa, Salpausselkä, Savonlinna, South-Eastern Finland fortification system, Sulkava, Sweden, Taipalsaari, Tariff, Treaty of Åbo.

Alexander Suvorov

Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров, r Aleksandr Vasil‘evich Suvorov; or 1730 –) was a Russian military leader, considered a national hero.

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Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

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Finnish National Board of Antiquities

The Finnish National Board of Antiquities (Museovirasto, Museiverket) preserves Finland's material cultural heritage: collects, studies and distributes knowledge of it.

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Finnish War

The Finnish War (Finska kriget, Финляндская война, Suomen sota) was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from February 1808 to September 1809.

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Isthmus

An isthmus (or; plural: isthmuses; from neck) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.

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Kärnäkoski Fortress

Kärnäkoski Fortress is a bastion fortress in Finland located in Kärnäkoski, Savitaipale built by Russia between 1791 and 1793 to protect Saint Petersburg.

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Lappeenranta

Lappeenranta (Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality situated on the shore of the lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, about from the Russian border.

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Olavinlinna

Olavinlinna (Olofsborg; literally Olaf's Castle) is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland.

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Puumala

Puumala is a municipality of Finland.

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Ruokolahti

Ruokolahti (Ruokolax) is a municipality of Finland, situated in south-eastern Finland, in the region of South Karelia.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire (Российская Империя) or Russia was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.

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Russo-Swedish War (1741–43)

The Russo–Swedish War of 1741–1743, known as the Hats' Russian War in Sweden and the Hats' War in Finland, which resulted in the Lesser Wrath (Pikkuviha, Lilla ofreden), or the occupation of Finland, was instigated by the Hats, a Swedish political party that aspired to regain the territories lost to Russia during the Great Northern War, and by French diplomacy, which sought to divert Russia's attention from supporting its long-standing ally, the Habsburg monarchy, in the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)

The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–90, known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden, Gustav III's War in Finland and Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia, was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790.

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Saimaa

Saimaa is a lake in southeastern Finland.

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Salpausselkä

Salpausselkä (Bar Ridge) is an extensive ridge system left by the ice age in Southern Finland.

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Savonlinna

Savonlinna (Nyslott) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region.

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South-Eastern Finland fortification system

South-Eastern Finland fortification system is an extensive defensive system formed by three concentric fortress chains in South-East Finland built by Russia in the 1790s.

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Sulkava

Sulkava is a municipality of Finland.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Taipalsaari

Taipalsaari is a municipality of Finland.

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Tariff

A tariff is a tax on imports or exports between sovereign states.

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Treaty of Åbo

The Treaty of Åbo or the Treaty of Turku was a peace treaty signed between the Russian Empire and Sweden in Turku (Åbo) on 7.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvorov_military_canals

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