Gulf of Finland
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The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg—the second largest city of Russia—to the east, where
Malusi islands in Estonia are one of the main habitats of grey seals in the Gulf of Finland.
The Russalka Memorial (by Amandus Adamson, 1902) was erected by the Tallinn Bay in memory of a Russian warship which sank in 1893 in a storm in the Gulf of Finland.
Shipwreck of Kazanets near Osmussaar, in Estonia
Moyka, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Baltic Sea
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The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden. Geophysically, it is surrounded by th
Gulf of Finland
…Estonian: Soome laht; Finnish: Suomenlahti; Russian: Фи́нский зали́в, romanized: Finskiy zaliv; Swedish: Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg—the second largest city of Russia—to the east, where the river…
Hel Peninsula
Cape Arkona on the island of Rügen in Germany was a sacred site of the Rani tribe before Christianization.
The naval Battle of the Sound took place on 8 November 1658 during the Dano-Swedish War.
The burning Cap Arcona shortly after the attacks, 3 May 1945. Only 350 survived of the 4,500 prisoners who had been aboard.