Vyborg is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, 120 km north-east of St. Petersburg. Vyborg is known as one of the largest historical towns in Russia. The history of the town began with the construction of a castle in 1293 by Swedish, when they conquered Karelia Isthmus. In the year of 1403 Vyborg got official status of a town.

 
Castle of middle century construction and engineering fortifications defined the town as town-fortress. Later Vyborg developed into a center of trade between the Novgorod merchants and Karelian hunters.
In the beginning of 18 century during the war actions of tsar Peter the 1 against Swedish soldiers Vyborg was joined to Russia. It was developing as the center of commerce simultaneously with St. Petersburg. The town developed as a fortress of Russia in the north-west part of the country, charged by famous generals Alexander Suvorov and Michail Kutusov. In the beginning of 19 century Finland, including Vyborg region was joined to Russia. Vyborg started to be known as a sea-port and industrial and trading centre.