12) Saimaa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...constitutes Lake Saimaa proper (c.500 sq mi/1,290 sq km). The system drains SE into Lake Ladoga (Russia) through the Vuoskijoki (c.100 mi/160 km long). There are...
13) Volga-Baltic Waterway. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...River, the Mariinsk Canal, and the Vytegra River), the Onega Canal, the Svir River, the Ladoga Canals, and the Neva River to St. Petersburg. The waterway was begun...
14) Finnish-Russian War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...winter warfare and ably commanded by Field Marshall Mannerheim, repulsed attacks at Lake Ladoga, Suomussalmi, Salla, and Ivalo. World sympathy was with Finland. Sweden...
15) Finland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Peninsula, its part of the Karelian Isthmus (including Vyborg), and land bordering on Lake Ladoga; in addition, the USSR gained a 30-year lease of the port of Hanko....