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Viipuri
[vee-poo-
Viipuri
/ ˈviːpuri /
noun
the Finnish name for Vyborg
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Born June 23, 1937, in the eastern town of Viipuri, which is now in Russia, Ahtisaari was a primary school teacher before joining Finland’s Foreign Ministry in 1965.
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Ahtisaari was born in 1937 in Viipuri, now part of Russia, and his family was forced to flee when Soviet forces attacked when he was two.
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The library was rebuilt under the Soviet Union between 1955 and 1962, and a second restoration begun in 1994, which was led by the Finnish Committee for the restoration of Viipuri Library.
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Viipuri was ghostlike and still in the morning sun.
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Russia also got back Viipuri, Finland's fourth biggest city.
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