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Also known as: Sankt Michel
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Mikkeli, city, southeastern Finland, northeast of Helsinki. Mikkeli received its town charter in 1838 and became the administrative capital of the province in 1843. It was the site of the Battle of the Porrassalmi Canal (1789), in which the Finns defeated a much larger Russian force. During World War II, Mikkeli served as a headquarters for Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, the commander-in-chief of the Finnish armed forces. The city is the seat of a Lutheran bishopric and has a regional museum and the Headquarters Museum. Local industry includes plywood milling and granite quarrying. Tourist activities centre on skiing. Pop. (2005 est.) 46,514.

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Lake Saimaa, lake in southeastern Finland. It lies just northwest of the Russian border and is northeast of Helsinki. It has an area of 443 sq mi (1,147 sq km) and is the primary lake in the Great Saimaa lake system, which, at 1,690 sq mi (4,377 sq km), is the largest system in Finland. The lake’s two branches extend northward about 220 mi (350 km) from Lappeenranta on Lake Saimaa proper to Iisalmi on its western branch and Nurmes on its eastern branch. About 120 lakes and numerous rivers and streams in the system drain most of southeastern Finland through Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River, and the Saimaa Canal (built in 1856) to the Gulf of Finland. Lumbering and pulp and paper manufacturing are the basis of the regional economy. The lake system provides essential transportation links among the major towns of the region. Large hydroelectric-power stations are located in the southern part of the lake system, especially at Imatra. The region’s scenic mosaic of water, hills, and forests attracts many tourists.

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