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  - 50 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
...implementation. Journal of Arboriculture 30(5): 269-276. Kotka III. 1996. Proceedings of FAO Expert Consultation...UNEP with the support of the Government of Finland (Kotka III), Kotka, Finland, 10-14 June 1996. Edited by Nyyss6nen...
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Suomi: Finland
Book by Matti Poutvaara; Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, 1960
Subjects: Finland--Description And Travel--Views
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 och Finlands...
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George Bernard Shaw: Man of the Century
Book by Archibald Henderson; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1956
Subjects: Fiction, Shaw, Bernard--1856-1950
...National Theatre 1936-1937 Tampere Tampere Theatre 1937 Kotka Kotka Stage 1937 Road Tour Finnish National Theatre Summer 1937...Kokkola Kokkolan Maakuntateatteri 1949 Oulu Oulu Stage 1949 Kotka Kotkan Maakutitateatteri 1949 Saint Joan Turku Turun Theatre...
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Area Handbook for Finland
Book by Theodore L. Stoddard, William K. Carr, Shaheen Dil, John Johnson, Carlo La Porta, Nils Ørvik, Douglas K. Ramsey, Kirk H. Stone, Carla Lofberg Valenta; U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974
Subjects: Finland
...traffic is concentrated at Naantali, Helsinki, Kotka, and Turku; Hanko, the ports of Kotka, Hamina, Pori, Kemi, Oulu, and Rauma handle...the southwest coast -- Turku, Helsinki, and Kotka -- can be kept open year round. When the winter...
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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
...Taidehistoriallisa Tutkimuksia/Konsthistoriska Studier 9 Helsinki, 1986 : 14-16. 16. H. Hultin, Historik ofver Kotka stad Kotka: Kotka stads forlag, 1904 , 230-53, and E. Bull, "Et norsk emigrantmiljoi Finland", By og bygd bind 14 Oslo...
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journal articles on: Kotka  - 8 results

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The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law's Transport Law Project: an Interim View of a Work in Progress
Journal article by Michael F. Sturley; Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 39, 2003
Subjects: International law, International relations, International trade, Trade policy, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
...would be transshipped at a port such as Kotka, Finland. If the carrier issues a through...goods during the inland transit between Kotka and Moscow, the carrier will be liable...tasks: (1) transporting the container to Kotka, and (2) arranging carriage between...
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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...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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A Review of Neolithic Multi-Room Housepits as Seen from the Meskaartty Site in Virolahti Parish, Extreme South-Eastern Finland/Virolahti Meskaartty Asulakoht (Kagu-Soome) Ja Teised Neoliitilised Mitmeruumilised Elamusuvendid
Journal article by Teemu Mokkonen; Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 12, 2008
Subjects: Archaeology, Ceramic materials--Discovery and exploration, Ceramic materials--Social aspects, Ceramics--Discovery and exploration, Ceramics--Social aspects, Civilization, Culture, Dwellings--Discovery and exploration, Dwellings--Social aspects, Housing--Discovery and exploration, Housing--Social aspects, Human settlements--Discovery and exploration, Human settlements--Social aspects, Neolithic period--Social aspects
...tempered Late Comb Ware is known from the Niskasuo dwelling site in Kotka (Kokkonen 1978, 30). Another interesting site is Kvarnbacken...maakuntamuseon julkaisuja, 26.) Kymenlaakson maakuntamuseo, Kotka. Moisanen, J. 1991a. Kerimaki Ala-Kuona Kankaanlaita...
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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
...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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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
...Eastern Viipuri/Vyborg 400-450 Finland (siege and conquest) Rautu About 420 Kyyrola and other eastern 250-over 400 Isthmus Kotka At least 19 <br/ Other POW camps At least several dozens Other places, or killed At least 20 by the Reds Total At least 2...
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magazine articles on: Kotka  - 3 results

 
 
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magazine article by James D. Hildreth; The American Organist, Vol. 40, September 2006
...SEBASTIAN BACH. Ville Urponen, organist. III/63 Martti Porthan organ (1998) of Kotka Church, Finland. Order at <www.fuga.fi>. The organ of Kotka Church in Finland is modeled on the Gottfried Silbermann instrument of Freiberg Cathedral...
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Pickled to a Finn's Fancy
Magazine article by Anne Roston Korkeakivi; Scandinavian Review, Vol. 84, Autumn 1996
Subjects: Commercial fishing, Docks, Helsinki Finland, Seafoods
...market seems to be as much a generational undertaking as it is a culinary one. A recent third-place winner, Jukka Porkka from Kotka, has brought his own boat to the market for 7 successive years; before that, his father came for 32 years. The whole family...
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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
...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...


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newspaper articles on: Kotka  - 3 results

 
 
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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...Midfield. Clubs: HJK Helsinki, FC Jokerit, FC Kooteepee Kotka. International caps: 8 under-21. Living at: Rhoose, near...
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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...
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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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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...
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Finland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...is arable 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 are both official...


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