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Ruins of Vyborg Cathedral

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It was the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary and St. Olaf, which was built ininto Orthodox church, then abandoned, after that it was turned into a warehouse (Provision magazine), since 1918there was a Lutheran church, and finally the building was destroyed in 1939 during the Winter War 1939-40. Famous Agricola - Finnish great educator, scholar and translator of the Bible into Finnish was buried inside the Cathedral.

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