from the mid-16th century and are parts of the Medieval Vyborg town wall. Many of the buildings in historical old town of Vyborg are still in poor condition today. The Viipuri Library by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and the Hermitage-Vyborg Center are a reference point in the history of modern architecture. There are also Russian fortifications of Annenkrone, completed by 1740, as well as the monuments to Peter the Great (1910) and Torkel Knutsson. Tourists can also visit the house where the founder of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin prepared the Bolshevik revolution during his stay in Vyborg from September 24 to October 7, 1917. The main street in Vyborg is called Prospekt Lenina (; literally "Lenin Avenue"), formerly also known as Torkkelinkatu, and along it, there is popular . Sprawling along the heights adjacent to the Gulf of Finland is Monrepos Park, one of the most spacious English landscape gardens in Eastern Europe. The garden was laid out on behest of its owner, Baron Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay, at the turn of the 19th century. Most of its structures were designed by the architect Giuseppe Antonio Martinelli. Previously, the estate belonged to the future king Frederick I (Maria Fyodorovna's brother), who called it Charlottendahl in honor of his second wife. Notable people Born before 1917 for people born in Viipuri Province between 1812 and 1917, when it was part of the Grand Duchy of Finland. Born 1917–1945 Lauri Törni (a.k.a. Larry Thorne; 1919–1965), Finnish Army captain who later served in the German and United States armies Sirkka Sari (1920 in Raivola1939), Finnish actress Lars Lindeman (1920–2006), Finnish politician and ambassador in Oslo, Reykjavik, and Lisbon Pekka Malinen (1921–2004), minister and diplomat, ambassador in Egypt, Syria, and Portugal Paul Jyrkänkallio (1922 in Koivisto2004), Finnish diplomat, ambassador in Sofia, Rome, and Athens Usko Santavuori (1922 in Viipuri2003), Finnish sensationalist radio reporter Max Jakobson (1923–2013), Finnish diplomat and journalist of Finnish-Jewish descent Tankmar Horn (1924–2018), Finnish diplomat, economist, and businessman. Heimo Haitto (1925–1999), Finnish-American classical violinist and child prodigy Juhani Kumpulainen (1925 in Viipuri1991), Finnish actor and director Seppo Pietinen (1925–1990), Finnish diplomat, Ambassador in Addis Ababa, Lima, Vienna, and Paris Irina Hudova (1926-2015), Finnish ballet dancer and teacher Ilmi Parkkari (1926–1979), Finnish film and stage actress Erik Bruun (born 1926 in Viipuri), Finnish graphic designer Ossi Runne (1927 - 2020), Finnish musician Heikki Seppä (1927 in Säkkijärvi2010), Finnish-American master metalsmith, educator