Vyborg County

The county was created on the territory of the Vyborg province as a result of the administrative-territorial reform of 1727, which divided the provinces into counties ^[1] . It was subdivided into graveyards , and later on kirkhshpili ( parishes ).

In accordance with the “Institutions for Governance of Provinces” adopted in 1775, the Vyborg Province was abolished, and the Vyborg District according to the decree of 1783 “On the compilation of the Vyborg governorship from six counties, and the renaming of the town of Serdobolya as a town” transformed in 1796 into the Vyborg gubernia, which, in turn, was renamed the Finnish gubernia in 1802.

On the basis of the decree of 1811, the Finnish province was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Finland and again renamed Vyborg, after which the Vyborg district was disaggregated into Stranda and Euryapa ^[2] .

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  Vyborg district with graveyards. Atlas of the All-Russian Empire IK Kirilov . 1722-1737

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  " View in the vicinity of Vyborg " (artist Mikhail Erassi , 1850)

In 1937, the Vyborg district was formed again. By 1940 it was divided into 6 volosts (communities) :

• Vahwiala
• Vyborg rural community
• Muolaa
• Nuyamaa
• Heinjoki
• Euryapya

As of 01/01/1938, the county area was 2,381.98 km², and the population (as of December 31, 1939) was 51,376 people.

According to the terms of the Moscow Peace Treaty, most of the Vyborg gubernia, including Vyborg and the Karelian Isthmus , was transferred from Finland to the USSR , which resulted in the abolition of the Vyborg district.