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Cavalry Museum
The cavalry tradition is cherished in Lappeenranta - from the 1920s to the 1940s, cavalrymen in their red trousers and skeleton jackets were a common sight on town streets (there are still regular parades mounted in summer). The town's oldest building (erected 1772), a former guardhouse, houses the small Cavalry Museum , which exhibits portraits of commanders, uniforms, saddles and guns, as well as footage of cavalry charges, and scary-looking implements for treating wounded horses.
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Linnoitus & Museums
The fortifications in the Linnoitus (Fortress) area of Lappeenranta above the harbour were started by the Swedes and finished by the Russians in the 18th century. It's like a separate village; some of the fortress buildings are craft shops and galleries, while others have been turned into interesting museums. There are good views from the fortress over the harbour area.
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South Karelia Art Museum
South Karelia Art Museum has a permanent collection of paintings by Finnish and Karelian artists; these are mostly modern works exhibiting not a little of the famous Finnish ironic humour. There's also a space devoted to good temporary exhibitions.
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South Karelian Museum
South Karelian Museum at the northern end of the fortress has good displays on the prehistory and history of the area, as well as temporary exhibitions and a scale model of Vyborg as it looked before it fell to the Russians in 1939. Before WWII, Vyborg was the capital of Karelia and the second biggest town in Finland; it is a source of much wistful nostalgia for Finns in general and Karelians in particular.
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Wolkoff Home Museum
Wolkoff Home Museum is the preserved home of a Russian immigrant family. The house, built in 1826, was owned by the Wolkoff family from 1872 to 1986. There are 10 rooms that have been maintained as they were; you must join one of the hourly guided tours (around 40 minutes; leave at quarter past the hour) to see them.
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