KOTKA

kōtˈkä, city (1998 pop. 55,551), Southern Finland prov., SE Finland, on the Gulf of Finland. It is a major export center for paper, pulp, and timber, and it has chemical industries. It was chartered in 1878.

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books on: Kotka  - 49 results

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Cities Farming for the Future: Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities
Book by Rene Van Veenhuizen; International Development Research Centre, 2006
Subjects: Land Use, Urban, Urban Agriculture
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A Dictionary of the Atakapa Language Accompanied by Text Material
Book by Albert S. Gatschet, John Reed Swanton; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1932
Subjects: Atakapa Language--Dictionaries--English, English Language--Dictionaries
...cakho+pc, bumblebee or more likely wood wasp , "bee making holes in houses." ne+c ho+pcne, a big auger. o+kotka-uc ma+n ho+pc, coat button- hole. pa+ktsax+ c ho+pc, pa+tsalco+pc L-7 , squirrel, "cracking holes in hickory nuts...
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Suomi: Finland
Book by Matti Poutvaara; Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, 1960
Subjects: Finland--Description And Travel--Views
...six fois superieur en nombre. Kymenlaakso kotka A. D. 1879 . Kotka on teollistuneen Kymenlaakson keskus ja maamme suurin vientisatama. Asukkaita n. 25 000. Kotka A. D. 1879 . Centrum for ett industriomrae pa tillvaxt...
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Nobles and Nobility in Medieval Europe: Concepts, Origins, Transformations
Book by Anne J. Duggan; Boydell Press, 2000
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, Europe--Politics And Government, Europe--Social Life And Customs, Nobility--Europe--History
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The Company Town: Architecture and Society in the Early Industrial Age
Book by John S. Garner; Oxford University Press, 1992
Subjects: Company Town Architecture--History--19th Century
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journal articles on: Kotka  - 5 results

 
 
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Cancer Risk near a Polluted River in Finland
Journal article by Pia K. Verkasalo, Esa Kokki, Eero Pukkala, Terttu Vartiainen, Hannu Kiviranta, Antti Penttinen, Juha Pekkanen; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
Subjects: International Agency for Research on Cancer, United States. National Center for Health Statistics
...reflected the incidence in the town of Kotka (data not shown). In addition, the cancer...stomach, lung, breast, and prostate) in Kotka (data not shown). This is no surprise...the sea lived precisely in the town of Kotka. Conversely, increased risk for bladder...
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The New Saint Petersburg: Trapped in Time (1)?
Journal article by Pertti Joenniemi; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 28, 2003
Subjects: Saint Petersburg, Russia--Description and travel
...Milan, Osaka, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Helsinki, Stockholm, and Kotka. (22) Although the network is extensive, however, the option...a representation in Turku and a commercial representation in Kotka, both coastal cities in Finland. There is also the so-called...
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The Poles in Germany, 1919-1939
Journal article by Edward D. Wynot Jr.; East European Quarterly, Vol. 30, 1996
Subjects: German history, Germany--History, Poles (European people)--History, Poles in foreign countries--History
...Tired of waiting, the Silesian Poles, through their Union of Silesian Cooperatives, founded a series of "agricultural circles" (kotka rolnicze) to meet immediate local needs, a practice which soon extended into other areas. But continual pressure from German...
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Emulation and Competition Introduction: Early Modern Scandinavian Transformations of European Examples
Journal article by Susan Lewis Hammond, Daniel Riches, Erik Thomson; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 77, 2005
Subjects: Scandinavia--Social aspects, Scandinavian history--Evaluation, Scandinavian literature--Evaluation
...Michael Metcalf and Jason Lavery for their assistance with this project. WORKS CITED The Baltic Sea: A Cultural Transmitter Kotka: Provincial Musuem of Kymenlaasko, 1988. Bohn, Robert, ed. Europa in Scandinavia: Kulturelle und soziale Dialoge in der fruhen...
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Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing? the Fate of Russian "Aliens and Enemies" in the Finnish Civil War in 1918
Journal article by Jyrki Loima; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007
Subjects: Civil war--Finland, Civil war--History, Civil war--Russia, Forced migration--History, Genocide--History, Russians--History, Russians--Political aspects
...other eastern 250-over 400 Isthmus Kotka At least 19 <br/ Other...


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magazine articles on: Kotka  - 1 result

 
 
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Crimea in Finland: Her Majesty's Ambassador to Finland, Matthew Kirk, Describes the Impact of the Crimean War on That Country and How It Is Being Commemorated
Magazine article by Matthew Kirk; History Today, Vol. 54, August 2004
Subjects: Baltic Sea--Military aspects, Crimean War, 1853-1856--History, Crimean War, 1853-1856--Location
...actions along the Gulf of Finland, towards St Petersburg. At Hanko, a Russian force reputedly attacked despite a flag of truce. At Kotka, sailors--who were ordered to burn barracks buildings but also to have care for the local population--found an old lady in a...


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newspaper articles on: Kotka  - 3 results

 
 
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My Super Crew! Youths Rule Waves in Race Challenge
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), August 31, 2007
Subjects: Ships
...port after battling it out in the 2007 Tall Ships Race in the Baltic. In the first leg of the race, from Arhus in Denmark to Kotka in Finland, the 45-foot ocean racer came 5th in her class out of 24, and 31st overall out of 77. In the second leg, from Stockholm...
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H2Oh! from Randhurst's Prairie Flowers to Wheaton's Golf Ball, Designers Have Tried It All. but Let's Face It, Putting a Pretty Face on a Water Tower Is a Mighty Tall Order
Newspaper article by Pam Defiglio; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 12, 2004
...towers have actually taken on architectural distinction. Historic European towers rival the design of palaces. One tower in Kotka, Finland, an octagonal stone creation topped with a delicate cupola, contains a cafe and an observation deck that looks out...
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Toni Counts Down the Days at City
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), December 15, 2004
...But they went bankrupt and Koskela moved on to FC Kooteepee Kotka, a mid-table Premier Division team who finished seventh in the...Position: Midfield. Clubs: HJK Helsinki, FC Jokerit, FC Kooteepee Kotka. International caps: 8 under-21. Living at: Rhoose, near Barry...


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encyclopedia articles on: Kotka  - 2 results

 
 
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Kotka
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KOTKA kot ka, city (1998 pop. 55,551), Southern Finland prov., SE Finland, on the Gulf of Finland. It is a major export center for...
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Finland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...land. In addition to Helsinki, other important cities include Espoo , Hameenlinna , Joensuu , Jyvaskyla , Kemi , Kotka , Kuopio , Lahti , Lappeenranta , Oulu , Pori , Tampere , Turku , Vaasa , and Vantaa . Finnish and Swedish...


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