What is Vyborg?
[[Image:Vyborg montage 2017.jpg|thumb|200px|Vyborg]] [[Image:Flag of Vyborg.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Coat of arms of Vyborg.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Vyborg''' ({{lang-ru|Выборг}}; {{lang-fi|Viipuri}}; {{lang-sv|Viborg}}; {{lang-de|Wiborg}}) is a town in [[Leningrad Oblast]], [[Russia]]. It is on the [[Karelian Isthmus]] and is about {{convert|130|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Saint Petersburg|St.&nbsp;Petersburg]], near the border with [[Finland]]. In 2021, 72,530 people lived there. Vyborg Castle was founded during the [[Third Swedish Crusade]] in 1293 by Marshal Torkel Knutsson. The site was disputed between Russians and Swedes. In the [[Treaty of Nöteborg]] of 1323, it was finally recognized as part of Sweden. {{Leningrad Oblast}} {{Cities of Military Glory}} {{authority control}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast]]