Tällä venäläisellä matkailusivulla on kiinnostavia tulkintoja Viipurin historiasta:
For the sake of the truth, we must note that Finland, which at the time included Vyborg, did not appreciate the friendship with the Eastern neighbour - Soviet Union. Together with other aggressive militarists - Great Britain, Belgium, and France - Finns dug all over the Isthmus of Karelia, creating the line of so-called defence. Later it became known as "The Mannerheim Line". The construction took twelve years which were spent to create more than two thousands of gunfire points and other fortifications. The construction spanned over 135 kilometers along the front line (between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga), and as far as 95 kilometers away from the front into the Finnish territory. The line consisted of several strips: first, the security strip which included fortified positions, fences, and obstacles; the main defence strip with 22 resistance areas followed. There were also the second defence strip, the rear strip, and Vyborg fortifications proper. It is not clear from whom the Finns were going to "defend" themselves at the Soviet border.
Meanwhile, in the end of 1939, USSR proposed new peace initiatives. Their essense was that Finland must peacefully cede to Soviet Union a large piece of its territory close to Petersburg. On November 30, 1939, about a million of Soviet soldiers, supported by about 2000 tanks and 1000 military planes started to convince Finns to solve the problem peacefully. There were three directions of convincing: one - in the Isthmus of Karelia, another one - North-East of Lake Ladoga, and the third one - at the coast of the Arctic Sea. Despite the fact that the Finnish army had 60 tanks, 115 military planes, and little more than 300 thousands troops, on March 13 the war ended. The border was moved, and Vyborg was included into Soviet Union.
In 1941 the Finns decided to use the opportunity and turn the history back. They managed to occupy quickly the lands which belonged to them before the war and reach the abolished border along River Sestra. Vyborg was taken by the repatriating enemy on August 21, 1941. As a result of advance of the Leningrad Front at the Isthmus of Karelia, on June 20, 1944, the town was taken again, this time by Soviet troops. Finland was forced to quit the war, and on September 19, 1944, as a result of the cease-fire, Vyborg and the Isthmus of Karelia rejoined Russia (then Soviet Union). Vyborg was designated to be one of 15 cities which had to be restored with the first priority. By 1948 all industrial enterprises were restored, new factories were under construction, multi-storey residential and office buildings were being constructed. The role of Vyborg as a railway and a sea port terminal, and as a cultural and tourist center, increased.