query: place_of_death vilho petter nenonen
supports: Helsinki  is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Helsinki has a population of , an urban population of 1,214,210, and a metropolitan population of over 1.4 million, making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located some north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities. Vilho Petter Nenonen ( 6 March 1883 , in Kuopio -- 17 February 1960 ) was a Finnish general . He received his military education in the Hamina Cadet School 1896 - 1901 , in the Mihailov Artillery School in St Petersburg 1901 - 1903 , and in St Petersburg Artillery Academy 1906 - 1909 . He served in the Russian army during World War I. When the Finnish Civil War began he moved to Finland and was given the job of creating the artillery of general Mannerheim 's White Army . After the war Nenonen also served as the Minister of Defence between 1923 and 1924 . During the Continuation War he was a part of Mannerheim 's inner circle . He was promoted to the rank of General of the artillery in 1941 . Nenonen developed the Finnish Army 's artillery and tactics that proved decisive in the defensive victory in the Battle of Tali - Ihantala . The trajectory calculation formulas he developed are still in use today by all modern artillery . Nenonen received the Mannerheim Cross in 1945 . His medals and personal history is on display in The Artillery Museum of Finland . Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a sovereign state in Northern Europe. A peninsula with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east. Estonia is south of the country across the Gulf of Finland. Finland is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia, which also includes Scandinavia. Finland's population is 5.5 million (2014), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades. The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region. In terms of area, it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and most of the time to humans. It is a key geographical term. Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the eighth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest. The population density is only , but the city's urban areas are populated very densely (urban area: 1 618 /km²), nationally second only to capital Helsinki (urban area: 1,690.0/km²). Northern Savonia is a region in eastern Finland. Kuopio is the largest city in the region.
candidates: estonia finland gulf of bothnia gulf of finland helsinki kuopio most petersburg russia union
answer: helsinki