Kuusamo, the Glossary
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93 relations: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Air pollution, Alexander Kuoppala, Angling, Anssi Koivuranta, Askøy, Avesta Municipality, Blue1, Charles XI of Sweden, Charter, Children of Bodom, City manager, Continuation War, Cross-country skiing (sport), Eastern European Summer Time, Eastern European Time, Enni Rukajärvi, Eurasian lynx, Eurasian wolf, European route E63, Finland, Finnair, Finncomm Airlines, Finnish language, FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, Forestry, Gulf of Bothnia, Hørning Municipality, Helsinki, Hiking, Iijoki, IQAir, IRC, Jarkko Oikarinen, Kainuu, Kajaani, Kalevi Oikarainen, Karelia, Karelians, Karhunkierros, Karoliina Honkala, Kayaking, Kärpänkylä, Koillismaa, Kuusamo Airport, Kuusamojärvi, Lapland (Finland), Lapland War, List of cities and towns in Finland, Loukhsky District, ... Expand index (43 more) »
- Populated lakeshore places in Finland
- Ski areas and resorts in Finland
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is a 2019 real-time strategy video game developed by Forgotten Empires and published by Xbox Game Studios.
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Air pollution
Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.
Alexander Kuoppala
Alexander Kuoppala (born 11 April 1974) is a Finnish musician.
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Angling
Angling (from Old English angol, meaning "hook") is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth.
Anssi Koivuranta
Anssi Einar Koivuranta (born 3 July 1988) is a retired Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined skier, best known for winning the 2008–09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup.
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Askøy
Askøy is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
Avesta Municipality
Avesta Municipality (Avesta kommun) is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden.
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Blue1
Blue1 Oy was a Finnish airline owned by CityJet.
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI or Carl (Karl XI) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721).
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Charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.
Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo.
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City manager
A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city in the council–manager form of city government.
Continuation War
The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II.
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Cross-country skiing (sport)
Competitive cross-country skiing encompasses a variety of race formats and course lengths.
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Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Enni Rukajärvi
Enni Rukajärvi (born 13 May 1990) is a Finnish snowboarder.
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Eurasian lynx
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.
Eurasian wolf
The Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), also known as the common wolf,Mech, L. David (1981), The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species, University of Minnesota Press, p. 354, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to Europe and Asia.
European route E63
The European route E 63 is a European route that goes from Sodankylä, Finland to Turku, Finland.
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
Finnair
Finnair Oyj is the flag carrier and largest full-service legacy airline of Finland, with headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport, its hub.
Finncomm Airlines
Finnish Commuter Airlines Oy, trading as Finncomm Airlines, was a regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Seinäjoki Airport in Ilmajoki, Finland, near Seinäjoki.
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Finnish language
Finnish (endonym: suomi or suomen kieli) is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland.
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FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
The FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships is the world championship organized by the FIS for freestyle skiing.
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Forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and environmental benefits.
Gulf of Bothnia
The Gulf of Bothnia (Pohjanlahti; Bottniska viken) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast (East Bothnia) and the northern part of Sweden's east coast (West Bothnia and North Bothnia).
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Hørning Municipality
Until 1 January 2007 Hørning municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.
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Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland. Kuusamo and Helsinki are cities and towns in Finland.
Hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.
Iijoki
Iijoki (Ijo älv) is a river of Finland in the region of North Ostrobothnia.
IQAir
IQAir is a Swiss air quality technology company, specializing in protection against airborne pollutants, developing air quality monitoring and air cleaning products.
IRC
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging.
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Jarkko Oikarinen
Jarkko Oikarinen (born 16 August 1967) is a Finnish IT professional and the inventor of the first Internet chat network, called Internet Relay Chat (IRC), where he is known as WiZ.
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Kainuu
Kainuu, also historically known as Cajania (Kajanaland), is one of the 19 regions of Finland (maakunta / landskap).
Kajaani
Kajaani, historically known as Cajanaburg (Kajana), is a town in Finland and the regional capital of Kainuu. Kuusamo and Kajaani are cities and towns in Finland.
Kalevi Oikarainen
Kalevi Oikarainen (27 April 1936 – 14 August 2020) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed between the 1950s and the 1970s.
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Karelia
Karelia (Karelian and Karjala; Kareliya, historically Коре́ла, Korela; Karelen) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden.
Karelians
Karelians (karjalaižet, karjalazet, karjalaiset; karjalaiset; kareler, karelare; karely) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia.
Karhunkierros
Karhunkierros (Finnish for Bear's Round) is a hiking trail that stretches from Salla to Kuusamo in north-eastern Finland.
Karoliina Honkala
Karoliina Honkala (born 1973) is a Finnish chemist who is a professor at the University of Jyväskylä.
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Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water.
Kärpänkylä
Kärpänkylä is a village in Kuusamo, Finland.
Koillismaa
Koillismaa is a subdivision of Northern Ostrobothnia and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009.
Kuusamo Airport
Kuusamo Airport is an airport in Kuusamo, Finland.
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Kuusamojärvi
Kuusamojärvi is a lake in Finland.
Lapland (Finland)
Lapland (Lappi; Lappi; Lappi; Lappland; Lapponia; Skolt Sami: Ла̄ппӣ мäддкåҍддь, Lappi mäddkå'dd) is the largest and northernmost region of Finland.
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Lapland War
During World War II, the Lapland War (Lapin sota; Lapplandskriget.; Lapplandkrieg.) saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland.
List of cities and towns in Finland
The following is a list of cities and towns in Finland. Kuusamo and list of cities and towns in Finland are cities and towns in Finland.
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Loukhsky District
Loukhsky District (Ло́ухский райо́н; Louhen piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
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Meeri Koutaniemi
Meeri Koutaniemi (born 1987) is a Finnish photographer and journalist.
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Midnight sun
Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the Sun remains visible at the local midnight.
Moscow Peace Treaty
The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on 12 March 1940, and the ratifications were exchanged on 21 March.
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Municipalities of Finland
The municipalities (kunta; kommun) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental, self-governing administrative units of the country.
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Nordic combined
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping.
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North Ostrobothnia
North Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa; Norra Österbotten) is a region of Finland.
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Oulanka National Park
Oulanka National Park (Oulangan kansallispuisto) is a national park in the Northern Ostrobothnia and Lapland regions of Finland, covering.
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Oulankajoki
The Oulankajoki (Оланга - Olanga) is a river of Finland and Russia (Republic of Karelia).
Oulu
Oulu (Uleåborg) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia. Kuusamo and Oulu are cities and towns in Finland.
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Particulates
Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.
Pirkko Määttä
Pirkko Sisko Määttä (born 7 March 1959) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who was born in Kuusamo and competed from 1982 to 1995.
Polar night
Polar night is a phenomenon in the northernmost and southernmost regions of Earth where night lasts for more than 24 hours.
Population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.
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Posio
Posio is a municipality of Finland.
Regions of Finland
Finland is divided into 19 regions (maakunta; landskap) which are governed by regional councils that serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of each region.
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Reindeer herding
Reindeer herding is when reindeer are herded by people in a limited area.
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Rossiya Airlines
Rossiya Airlines retrieved 2016-09-19 (r), sometimes branded as Rossiya—Russian Airlines (r), is one of the oldest and largest air carriers of Russia.
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Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi (Roavvenjárga; Ruávinjargâ; Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland. Kuusamo and Rovaniemi are cities and towns in Finland.
Rukatunturi
Rukatunturi (Ruka) is a high fell and a ski resort in Kuusamo, Finland. Kuusamo and Rukatunturi are ski areas and resorts in Finland.
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
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Salla
Salla (Kuolajärvi until 1936) (Kyelijävri) is a municipality of Finland, located in Lapland.
Savonia (historical province)
Savonia (Savo, Savolax) is a historical province in the east of Finland.
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Sámi peoples
The Sámi (also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
Shifting cultivation
Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is allowed to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot.
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp.
Slash-and-burn
Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden.
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Slopestyle
Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features.
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Sub-regions of Finland
Sub-regions (seutukunta, ekonomisk region) are divisions used for statistical purposes in Finland.
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Suomussalmi
Suomussalmi is a municipality in Finland and is located in the Kainuu region about northeast of Kajaani, the capital of Kainuu and south of Kuusamo.
Taivalkoski
Taivalkoski is a municipality of Finland, it is located in the Province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.
Törmäsenvaara
Törmäsenvaara is a village in the town of Kuusamo in North Ostrobothnia, Finland.
Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus
Timo Rautiainen ja Trio Niskalaukaus (fin. "Timo Rautiainen and Trio Neckshot") is a heavy metal band from Finland, formed in 1997.
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Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel.
Treaty of Teusina
The Treaty of Teusina, Tyavzin or Tyavzino (Täyssinän rauha), also known as the Eternal Peace with Sweden in Russia, was concluded by Russian diplomats under the boyar Afanasiy Pushkin (an ancestor of the poet Aleksandr Pushkin) and ambassadors of the Swedish king at the village of (Täyssinä, Teusina) in Ingria on 18 May 1595 to end the Russo-Swedish War (1590–95) between the powers.
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Västerbotten
Västerbotten, known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (landskap) in the north of Sweden, bordering Angermannia, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia.
Veikko Törmänen
Veikko Johannes Törmänen (born 7 June 1945) is a Finnish artist, who paints and makes graphic art.
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White Sea
The White Sea (Beloye more; Karelian and lit; Serako yam) is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia.
White-tailed eagle
The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the 'sea eagle', is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia.
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Winter War
The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland.
Yle
Yleisradio Oy (Rundradion Ab), abbreviated as Yle (formerly styled in all uppercase until 2012), translated into English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926.
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See also
Populated lakeshore places in Finland
- Inari (village)
- Inari, Finland
- Joensuu
- Jyväskylä
- Kemijärvi
- Keuruu
- Keväjärvi
- Kuopio
- Kuusamo
- Lahti
- Lappeenranta
- Lestijärvi
- Lieksa
- Lohja
- Nurmes
- Pyhäjärvi
- Säkylä
- Savonlinna
- Sotkamo
- Tampere
- Vääksy
- Vaala
Ski areas and resorts in Finland
- Äkäslompolo
- Iso-Syöte
- Kolari
- Koli National Park
- Kontiolahti
- Kuusamo
- Lahti
- Levi, Finland
- Rukatunturi
- Saariselkä (village)
- Suomu
- Ylläs
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuusamo
Also known as Guossán, History of Kuusamo, Kuáccám.
, Meeri Koutaniemi, Midnight sun, Moscow Peace Treaty, Municipalities of Finland, Nordic combined, North Ostrobothnia, Oulanka National Park, Oulankajoki, Oulu, Particulates, Pirkko Määttä, Polar night, Population density, Posio, Regions of Finland, Reindeer herding, Rossiya Airlines, Rovaniemi, Rukatunturi, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Salla, Savonia (historical province), Sámi peoples, Shifting cultivation, Sister city, Ski jumping, Slash-and-burn, Slopestyle, Soviet Union, Sub-regions of Finland, Suomussalmi, Taivalkoski, Törmäsenvaara, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Tourism, Treaty of Teusina, Västerbotten, Veikko Törmänen, White Sea, White-tailed eagle, Winter War, Yle.