Viipurin pienoismallin merkitykset

Meanings of the Vyborg scale model The article examines the meanings of the Vyborg scale model, completed in 1985 for the South Karelia Museum. At the time, the scale model was built to preserve and commemorate the cultural history of Vyborg, Finland’s second largest city, but its meanings have changed over the years. The article is based on a customer survey in Finnish and Russian conducted in 2019 at the South Karelia Museum, which mapped the meanings of the scale model. Respondents to the Finnish-language survey emphasised the importance of the scale model as an image of Finnish Vyborg and respondents to the Russian-language survey saw it as a scale model telling the history of Vyborg. The article highlights the significance of the Vyborg scale model as a tourist destination, as a high-quality scale model and as a symbol of lost Karelia and Vyborg.