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There are approximately 250 basketball clubs as a member of the Finnish Basketball Association.


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Two Finns have played in the NBA, Hanno Möttölä and Erik Murphy, who was booked for the Chicago Bulls in 2013.


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Lauri Markkanen will be on the Chicago Bulls squad for the 2017 season.


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In the EuroLeague, the Finns besides Möttölä have played for Petteri Koponen, Emir Sulejmanović, Teemu Ränko, Jukka Matinen and Sasu Salin.


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History Early history of the game, years 1891—1950s In 1891, a Canadian teacher, James Naismith, was given the task of inventing a new sport that students would be able to play in the winter.


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Naismith was then based at the Springfield, Massachusetts local YMKY.


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Naismith sought to invent a game where there would be no tackles and physical contact was aimed at keeping to a minimum.


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The prequel was Naismith's childhood game Duck on a Rock.


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Naismith put goals high in the game, so that sport should be emphasized on strength rather than skill.


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He found two prune baskets at his school nailed to the walls of the school's gym.


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After this, Naismith wrote a thirteen-part code and the game was complete.


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[12] In January 1892, the rules of the game appeared in print for the first time and two months after this the sport's first official match was played.


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The match was fought between pupils and teachers at Naismith School with the pupils winning by figures of 5—1.


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[13] [14] The games initially used football as a ball, but during 1894, its own actual basketball was introduced.


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[13] Basketball quickly became very popular, spreading through NMKY's network throughout the United States.


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Within a decade of being invented, other educational institutions and sports clubs also became interested in the game.


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Basketball arrived in Finland with Vilho Nuoreva from Copenhagen around 1927—1930, depending on the source [15].


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[16] [17] The National Basketball Association (NBA), 1946— The National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded in the United States in 1946 to coordinate matches between the top teams in the United States.


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Subsequently, the popularity of the game grew even more, and today basketball (especially college basketball) is one of the four American ballgames watched by the general public (the others being American football, baseball, and hockey).


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There have been many very famous players in the NBA's earlier history, including, for example, George Mikan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain (the only player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single game), Oscar Robertson, and Jerry West.


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Basketball became particularly popular in the 1980s and 1990s, when some of the game's biggest stars included Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan, revered as the world's greatest basketball player of all time.


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The latter three were also really big athlete stars at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where the US team (nicknamed the Dream Team) overwhelmingly won the gold medal.


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Other well known players in the 1980s and 1990s have included Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen and Shaquille O'Neal.


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The NBA's highest-performing and famous teams throughout the time have included the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, achieving a total of 33.


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NBA championship, that's nearly half of all people fought.


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The best-performing team of the 1990s was the 6 championships preyed on by the Chicago Bulls, with which basketball's popularity in other parts of the world grew.


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The Bulls are the only NBA team to make two appearances on the NBA's list of top 10 teams.


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In 1997, the so-called Women's NBA, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), was founded.


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International Basketball, 1932— The International Basketball Federation (Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur, FIBA) was founded in 1932. At the time, tournaments organized by the organization were intended only for amateur players.


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In 1989, the rules were changed, but the letter 'A' still remained the last letter of the organisation's abbreviation (A as in amateur, amateur).


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FIBA determines international rules for basketball, approves international player transfers and controls international refereeing.


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FIBA has over 200 country members.


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Basketball was included for the first time in the Olympic program at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.


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The USA team has won all but three of those tournaments, most notably the 1972 Munich Olympics loss to the Soviet Union basketball team has notably lagged in basketball history due to particularly confusing officiating and refereeing activities in the final seconds.


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Women's basketball was added to the Olympics program in 1976 in Montreal.


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The best women's teams, considering all tournaments, have been the United States, the Soviet Union and Australia.


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[18] In 1950, the first men's world championships were held in Argentina.


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Three years later, the first women's world championships were held in Chile.


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The World Cup competitions are held every four years, with a difference of two years relative to the Olympics (for example, the Olympics are in 2008 and 2012 — World Cup competitions in 2006 and 2010).


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FIBA ended segregation between amateur and professional athletes in 1989, and therefore, from 1992 onward, professionals have been allowed to play in the Olympics.


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The international rules changed in the playing season beginning in 2010-2011.


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The three-point throw arc moved half a metre back and the three-second range became rectangle-shaped.


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The top teams in men's prestige tournaments in recent years have included: France, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Greece, Lithuania, Germany, Croatia and Serbia, who were part of Yugoslavia, and the United States.


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The Finnish men's national team has participated in European Championships 15 times.


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The team achieved the best ranking in 1967 when Finland was 6th.


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in the final tournament of the European Championships.


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The Finland men's national basketball team is referred to as Susijengi.


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The Finnish women's national team has participated five times in the final tournament of the European Championships, the best ranking being 11th status between 1952 and 1956.


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International tournaments are additionally held at different age levels.


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In particular, there has been strong growth in the series of over-35s, 40s and 50s.


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Variations Wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular disability sports in the world.


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In it, the players are in wheelchairs, but otherwise the sport is very much the equivalent of regular basketball.


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A version called street basketball is played outdoors.


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The type of street basketball, 3x3 basketball played in one basket is the official Olympic sport since 2020.


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Sources Check date values in: |accessdate=, |date= (help) Check date values in: |accessdate=, |date= (help) References Literature Erkki Vasara: Basket houses — Half a century of organized basketball sports in Finland 1939-1989.


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2 is a 2017 superhero film based on the superhero group Guardians of the Galaxy created by Marvel Comics.


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It is the sequel to the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy as well as the fifteenth film at the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


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The film was directed and scripted by James Gunn and starring Chris Pratt, Zoë Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone, and Kurt Russell.


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In the film, Guardians of the Galaxy discover the truth about the Star Lord's father.


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2 was announced at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2014 ahead of the premiere of the first film, with Gunn while confirming his return as director.


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The film's official title was not revealed until June 2015.


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Filming began in February 2016 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios and ended in June 2016.


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Gunn said the sequel would be set shortly after the first film, to explore the new role of Watchmen and continue the story of Quill's father, a role for which Russell was cast in July 2016, playing Ego, who in the comics was not Quill's father.


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2 had its world premiere in Tokyo on April 10, 2017.


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In cinemas, it appeared in Finland on April 26, 2017 and in the United States on May 5, 2017.


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The film received a mostly positive reception, with critical acclaim for its visual effects, soundtrack and acting, although it was not as good as the first film in their opinion.


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Plot The Guardians of the Galaxy — Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Little Groot — have received the task of defending valuable anulax batteries from the monster known as the Abilisk from the Sovereign people's high priestess, Ayesha.


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In return, these hand over to the Guardians the Nebula, who had been imprisoned for his attempt to steal batteries.


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When it is revealed that Rocket himself has stolen a few batteries, the Sovereign sends remote controlled fighter jets to kill the Watchmen.


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The mysterious creature easily destroys all destroyers, but the Guardians' ship Milan makes an emergency landing on a nearby planet.


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The creature reveals himself to be Quill's father Ego and invites his son as well as Gamora and Drax to his home planet.


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Rocket and Groot are left to repair Milan and watch over Nebula.


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Ayesha hires Yondu Udonta and the Ravagers to find the Guardians.


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Yondu traces Milan's location, but when he decides to catch Quill rather than simply sell the batteries stolen from the Sovereign, the Ravagers, led by Taserface and with the aid of Nebula, rise to revolt.


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Taserface captures Yondu and Rocket on his ship Elector, while Nebula sets out to find Gamora to avenge him for the tortures inflicted by their adoptive father Thanos.


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Yondu tells Rocket he is expelled from the larger space bandit community for abducting children and that he doesn't trust Ego.


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Groot and Yondu's loyal mate Kraglin free them, after which they destroy the ship and kill its crew before fleeing.


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However, before he dies, Taserface makes it to inform the Sovereign people of the Watchmen's whereabouts.


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While introducing his planet, Ego explains that he is a celestial who had formed a planet around his brain as his true body, but also created a human body for himself to travel around the galaxy and communicate with other living beings.


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Eventually, he had met Quill's mother Meredith and fell in love with her.


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By the time Meredith died, he had hired Yondu to pick up Quill.


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But Yondu never brought him, so Ego decided to find his son himself.


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He taught Quill to use the powers of the celestial he inherited to manipulate the planet's environment.


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Nebula arrives on the planet of Ego and attempts to kill Gamora.


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However, they end up making a truce and discover hundreds of skeletons in the caves beneath the planet.


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Meanwhile, Ego reveals to Quill that he planted plants on the planets he visited whose purpose was to convert the planets into extensions of his body.


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But it took another celestial to start the expansion process, so he made himself several offspring with hundreds of women and hired Yondu to bring the children to him.


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However, the children had been killed by the ego, as these had not inherited celestial powers like Quill.


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The hypnotized Quill was about to agree to help his father until he found out Ego had deliberately implanted Meredith with a brain tumor from which she died.


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Raised by Ego's naïve and empathetic raised with Drax, Mantis confesses the truth to Drax, Gamora, and Nebula just as Rocket, Yondu, Groot, and Kraglin arrive.


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The Guardians find themselves in a battle against both Ego and the Sovereign destroyers who arrived on the scene to reach the planet's core.


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Rocket builds a bomb out of anulax batteries, which Groot places in Ego's brain.


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Quill uses his powers to keep Ego busy until the rest of the Guardians can escape.


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The bomb's explosion kills Ego and causes the planet to collapse, but Yondu sacrifices himself to save Quill.


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Quill realizes that Yondu never took him to Ego because he wanted to prevent him from experiencing the same fate as Ego's other children, and begins to regard this as his true father.


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Nebula reconciles with Gamora, but goes away to find a way to slay Thanos.


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The Guards and Mantis, who joined them, organise a funeral for Yondu with Kraglin to be attended by the rest of the Ravagers, who had again accepted Yondu as one of them.


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Several scenes are shown during the closing credits: Kraglin is learning how to use Yondu's telekinetic arrow, Ravagers general manager Stakar Ogord has in honor of Yondu's memory put his original group back together, Groot grows up from a child to a young adult, [lower-alpha 1] Ayesha plans to destroy the Watchmen by creating a new artificial being named Adam, [lower-alpha 2] and the Followers listen in disinterest to the narrative of an astronaut acting as their informant.


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Actors Thor: Video footage taken from the filming of Ragnarök of the Grandmaster, played by Jeff Goldblum, is briefly shown during the closing credits.


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Kevin Feige explained how Marvel “thought it would be fun to add it there” because the character is the brother of the Collector who appeared in the first films.


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[4] Production Development In May 2014, Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, noted the potential of Guardians of the Galaxy for making a larger series, saying, “We look forward to introducing to the world a more fantastic Marvel narrative, with great actors and with characters in Guardians of the Galaxy, which we released pictures of last week and believe it has strong potential as a movie series.


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[5] He added further, “I predict we'll have another Avengers movie on our hands, but that's definitely our goal.


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“[6] Later that same month, Gunn revealed that should a sequel be implemented, he would be interested in returning, adding that he would agree to a deal if asked.


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[7] In June 2014, Feige added, “if this film works, if audiences came to applaud this, there will definitely be a place for [the film series] to be executed and we have ideas that we would like to make it happen with,” referring to the wide range of characters, worlds and stories in Guardians comics.


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[8] Pre-production In July 2014, co-screenwriter Nicole Perlman confirmed the making of a sequel, saying it was “going to happen” with positive reception, and confirmed Gunn would be responsible for both directing and screenwriting.


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[9] [10] at San Diego Comic-Con in 2014, a sequel was confirmed to be in development, and would premiere on July 28, 2017.


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[11] In July, Gunn also said he knew “many directions where one would like to move forward [with a sequel].


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I have a lot of ideas in terms of stories and characters that appear, pre-written documentaries exist too.”


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Gunn hoped to better explore the backgrounds of Quill's father, Yondu, Drax, and Nebula, as well as expand the cultural view to Xandar, the Krii-i Empire, the Crylorians, and the Yondu space bandits.


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[12] Gunn also said he was exploring a potential crossover opportunity with the Avengers, saying, “We talked about all the possibilities [regarding crossover] and I kind of know what the basic plan is.


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That could always change with any minute.


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Would or would not include a meeting between some of the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy, or all the Avengers and Watchmen.


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But, we inhabit the same universe and have broad personalities who at one moment or another, meet each other.


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“[13] In August, Gunn announced “at least one of the new Watchman cartoons” would appear in the sequel, [14] and revealed that he had begun work on the film.


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[15] Gunn announced later that same month that Quill's father would not be Spartax's J'son, as in the comics.


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[16] [17] On October 28, 2014, Marvel announced the sequel's new premiere had been brought forward to May 5, 2017 and filming would be set in Atlanta.


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[18] [19] In June 2015, Gunn revealed that he had finalized the script [20] as well as confirming Pratt, Saldaña, Bautista, Diesel, Cooper, Rooker, Gillan and Sean Gunn would return to their roles familiar from the previous film.


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[21] Late that same month, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol was announced as the official title of the film.


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[22] In October 2015, Deadline reported that Pom Klementieff had been selected to play Mantista.


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[23] In December 2015, Kurt Russell was involved in negotiations for the acting of Peter Quill's father.


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[24] In early February 2016, comedian Steve Agee was revealed to be involved in the film, [25] Filming began on February 11, 2016 [26] at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, [27] with Henry Braham serving as cinematographer and Scott Chambliss acting as a production designer.


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[28] [21] Gunn pointed out that many of the production team on the first film, such as cinematographer Ben Davis and production designer Charles Wood, had contracted to work on Doctor Strange, and by the time production on the film began in November 2015 they were unable to work on Vol.


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2 will be the first film shot with an 8K resolution camera.


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[31] Gunn expected filming to last about 81 days, meaning until early May.


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[32] In a February 17, 2016 bulletin, Marvel announced Elizabeth Debick and Chris Sullivan would appear in the film and confirmed Russell's joining the acting guard.


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[33] In April, Gunn revealed that neither John C. Reilly nor Benicio del Toro would return for this film, saying of the latter, “lest The Collector just fit Vol.


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He further added that there were many characters he would not be able to use in the film because 20th Century Fox owned the rights to many cosmic enemies and minor characters, such as Annihilus or Kang the Conqueror.


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[34] Filming ended on June 16, 2016.


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[35] Post-production In July 2016 at San Diego Comic-Con International, it was confirmed that Quill's father, played by Russell, would be Ego in this film.


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It was also confirmed that Debicki will play Ayesha, and that Sylvester Stallone will also appear in the film.


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[36] In addition, Gunn revealed actors who would play the space bandits of Yondu, who played a larger role in the film.


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[37] Fred Raskin and Craig Wood, familiar from the previous film, returned to take charge of cutting the film.


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[33] Framestore returned to create Rocket's visual effects for the film.


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[38] In August 2016, Gunn confirmed Stan Lee would make a cameo role in this film too.


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[39] Music In August 2014, Gunn had “some ideas listed, but nothing certain” regarding Quill's Awesome Mix Vol.


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[40] In April 2015, Gunn said he felt “a little pressure about the soundtrack because so many people loved [the soundtrack of the first film], we sold platinum and everything else.


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But I feel like the soundtrack of another movie is better.


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“[41] In June 2015, Gunn stated that All Awesome Mix Vol.


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2's songs had been selected and adapted into the script.


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[21] In August 2015, Tyler Bates returned as composer for the film.


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[42] In the case of Guardians of the Galaxy, Bates wrote some of the compositions first so Gunn could film it accordingly, instead of Bates having done the compositions afterwards.


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[38] In January 2016, Gunn announced that he had chosen one of Bowie's songs for the film (“Moonage Daydream” was included in the first film), but had to cut the scene in which it was originally used.


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This would have made Bowie the only lead singer to feature on both recordings.


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After his death, Gunn nevertheless hoped to find a way to include the selected song in some other passage in the film in a “fair and proper” way to honor him, as Bowie was one of Gunn's idols.


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[43] Publication of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.


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2 premiered in Tokyo on April 10, 2017, [44] and had its Hollywood premiere on April 19, 2017.


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[45] The film premiered in Finland on 26 April 2017, in Britain and Ireland on 28 April 2017 [46] and in North America on 5 May 2017.


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[18] [47] [48] [49] The film's original scheduled premiere was on July 28, 2017.


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[11] Sequel In November 2014, Gunn announced while working on his first film, as well as creating a “basic story” for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.


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2 to come up with a few ideas for a possible third film.


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[50] Despite this, Gunn announced in June 2015 that he wasn't sure if he would be involved in a third Guardians film, saying it would depend on how he would feel about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.


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2 after graduation.


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[21] In April 2016, Feige spoke about upcoming MCU films, saying, “2020 and the period beyond is still a big checkboard, but I would say with certainty that Guardians 3 is [one film].


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I don't know what the order will be.” [51] In March 2017, Gunn announced that a third Guardians film would come to fruition with certainty, [52] and added that there would be no feature film for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.


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3 have no specific plan.


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“But we know that if nothing goes badly — which is always possible, but you can't know —, I think Marvel would like to make one more film.” [53] He also reiterated that he was unsure of whether to be involved in implementing the film, and said he would figure out his next project with “upcoming over the course of weeks”.


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[52] Over the following month, Gunn announced that he would be directing and scripting Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.


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[54] But in July 2018, Disney fired Gunn after discovering his old controversial Twitter postings.


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[55] [56] Pratt, Saldaña, Bautista, Cooper, Diesel, Sean Gunn, Klementieff, Rooker and Gillan have expressed support for Gunn.


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[57] Pratt, Klementieff and Bautista are expected to return to roles familiar from previous films.


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[58] [59] Vol.


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Filming for the 3 was scheduled to begin in early 2019 and premiere to be in 2020.


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[58] [60] [55] In early August, Variety reported that Disney was in no hurry in searching for a new director, instead waiting for a free Grade A filmmaker to be found, even if it meant moving production to a later date.


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[61] During the same month, it was decided to temporarily suspend production and reschedule to February 2021.


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Question: Who scripted the film The February Manifesto?

Lauri Kyöstilä

Lauri Viljo Kustaanpoika Kyöstilä (7 May 1896, Helsinki — 23 September 1984) was a Finnish singer-actor and organizer of SF.


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Prior to her singing and film career, Kyöstilä competed as a swimming jumper.


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He won the 1919 Finnish Championship in floor jumps.


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[1] In addition, he participated in the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.


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His measures at the time were 169 cm and 68 kg.


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Beginning in his youth, Kyöstilä influenced the singing chorus of the Finnish National Opera.


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He appeared during the Winter and Continuation War in various entertainment events and wartime short films.


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He acted as arranger for a total of 13 Finnish films between 1938 and 1948.


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Around the same time, he starred in some 35 films, the first time in the film The Most Famous Businessman in Helsinki (1934).


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However, she had mainly only minor roles in films such as Work and Learn to Play (1936), Anja Come Home (1944), If she had power... (1941) and The February Manifesto (1939), in which Kyöstilä made the most of her swimming skills by playing a prisoner escaping from Viapori Castle.


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Many of the films in which Kyöstilä was involved were production by the Finnish Filmiindustrial/Fenno-Film.


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Lauri Kyöstilä also worked with Jaakko Sola as a screenwriter in the film Jos would power... (1941).


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After a brief career in film, Kyöstilä moved into music again in the late 1940s.


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However, she was still seen in the Pohjanstellar film Akseli and Elina (1970) directed by Edvin Laine, which Kyöstilä was 74 years old.


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This remained Kyöstilä's last film role (unless you take into account the 1973 made-for-television film Pohjanstar, in which film footage from the previous two Pohjanstellar films was compiled).


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Kyöstilä died at the age of 88 from a severe illness.


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Question: When did John Davison Rockefeller, Sr start Standard Oil company?

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William William (July 8, 1839 in Richford, New York — May 23, 1937, Ormond Beach, Florida) was an American businessman who founded Standard Oil, the world's largest oil company, and was, at one time, the richest man in the world.


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At Rockefeller's death in 1937, his fortune was thought to be US$1.4 billion, which, when converted into modern money, would be a huge fortune.


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Childhood and Adolescence John Davison Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York State, on July 8, 1839, as the second eldest child of a middle-class family of six children.


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[1] John's father, William Avery Rockefeller (1810—1906), was a socialite and salesman who traveled and sold patent medicines.


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John's mother, Eliza Rockefeller (1813—1889), wanted her children to be honest and enterprising citizens and spared no joke in enforcing her rules.


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The teacher described three of the Rockefeller brothers as: “Smart boys who might have guessed would still get something done in the world.” John didn't think of himself as a good student.


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Mathematics was really the only subject he mastered, but chemistry didn't seem hard either.


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In future oil business, these subjects were trumps.


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[2] Rockefeller began his business early: at the beginning of the school day, he used to go buy sweets, which he then sold at recess for twice the price.


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He also borrowed money against interest.


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John attended a national school and later an accountancy school.


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At 16, he got a real job as an office assistant and dropped out of accountancy school.


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Along with his schooling, he was doing business.


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He was interested in mathematics and chemistry.


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At the age of under 20 he founded with his English partner Maurice B. Clark a brokerage movement, [1] whose sphere included grain, hay and meat.


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The firm was later joined by two Clark brothers.


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John was a methodical and practical man of principles who thought everything in advance.


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He respected laws and rules and acted on them.


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Negligence and laziness John considered a sin and a waste of time.


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He was not afraid to bring forth his own ideas, for the values he espoused were traditional and well-perceived.


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John was a “solo entrepreneur,” but deep down he believed in collaboration.


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Religiosity was an important aspect of life for him, and he did not forget this when he later distributed hundreds of millions of dollars in donations.


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He was asked why he will when he gets big.


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The response was, “I'm going to get a lot of money.” Starting and operating an oil company Soon Rockefeller heard that oil had been discovered in California.


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It could not yet be drilled or exploited, but Rockefeller nevertheless saw the immense potential offered by oil.


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Due to population growth, demand for oil increased, so new and bigger factories and oil refineries sprang up.


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People invented new machinery and equipment that needed oil to be lubricant.


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These also included a steam engine, which allowed holes to be drilled in the ground and pump oil.


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As oil lamps became more common, ordinary people needed oil, and new inventions such as automobiles and airplanes multiplied demand.


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Everyone rushed in search of “black gold” and many got rich in no time.


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John's partner, Maurice B. Clark, knew the English diligent chemist Samuel Andrews, who had been the first to begin producing lamp oil with another Englishman, John Alexander.


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With Samuel Andrews, John pondered and weighed the possibilities of establishing an oil refinery for three years.


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The idea looked promising, and Rockefeller, with Andrews, his companion to date Clark, and his two brothers founded an oil refinery that was renamed Andrews & Clark Co.


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The intention was to produce lamp oil.


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Rockefeller married Laura Celesta Spelman.


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The girl's father was a wealthy businessman who didn't bargain for his strict opinions.


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The acting 25-year-old youngster, however, pleased him: as Rockefeller was a partner in a sizeable brokerage and oil refinery, and a member of the board of an insurance company and a bank, Spelman's father felt John seemed to be on the right track that would still lead to glory and to wealth.


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Spelman's mother did not like John, but he eventually acquiesced, and the newlyweds married.


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In 1865, an oil refinery began development when Rockefeller was 26 years old.


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The Clark brothers were pleased, but Rockefeller felt development was too slow.


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He wanted to expand the company with borrowed money.


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No consensus was reached because the Clark brothers feared too large commitments.


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The civil war went on, too, on top of everything


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Andrews, a technician, did not take a position on the issue, but always defended Rockefeller's opinions.


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According to his plan, John gave the newspaper information that members of the company were going to resign.


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The next morning, the brothers noticed the news in the paper.


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John denied everything when the Clark brothers blamed him for the case.


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The next morning, the brothers came to work with a lawyer; they had decided to auction off the company between Rockefeller and them.


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This is what Rockefeller had been thinking from day one.


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Andrews sided with Rockefeller.


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The auction started at $500.


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For $72,500, the company passed to Rockefeller.


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The Clarks then went their separate ways, never meeting him again.


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The firm was henceforth called Rockefeller & Andrews.


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Still Rockefeller's younger brother, William, became a partner.


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The firm acquired ownership of numerous new oil refineries and expanded under the name Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler.


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[2] The company was very successful because it had in place a new oil refining method by chemist Andrews.


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Rockefeller was capable of beating his competitors in the market, as he was able to outsell them at a loss.


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This led to competitors' bankruptcies, allowing Rockefeller to buy out its competitors.


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Despite many obstacles, his attempt had become a pompous factor in the kingdom.


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Rockefeller's goal was to become the “monolarian of the oil world,” which, without asking anyone, might determine oil prices.


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All means were good for him when it came to buying, destroying or subjugating a competing company.


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Rockefeller managed to obtain, through one of its subsidiaries, lower-than-usual railroad freight for its oil shipments.


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He built his own tankers and used them to ship his products all over the world.


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He did not have to transport his oil in barrels; his oil pipelines extended with branches everywhere.


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When did the laws of any state put barriers to the construction of oil pipelines, resort to money, if necessary, bribes.


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Standard Oil Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil company, which was soon profitable.


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He punished severely for negligence and wastefulness.


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He founded The South Improvement Company with the intention of establishing a cartel.


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It would provide a substantial discount on rail transport.


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A Pennsylvania court later condemned Rockefeller's action, and the company was forced to be dissolved.


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The company began to run an unprecedented wide advertising campaign.


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Its oil trolley appeared at the customer's door.


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All over the world, oil lamps were distributed free of charge to the destitute population, and not for a while the oil salesman appeared at the door again and, of course, most often received his goods for sale.


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The biggest competitors were forced to sell their businesses to Rockefeller.


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He continued to conduct an efficient business and gained a monopoly in the oil sector.


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In 1872, 26 of Cleveland's 31 oil refineries were attached to Standard Oil.


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Rockefeller expanded its operations to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York City.


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He built pipes, procured his own tanker wagons, and set up factories to manufacture oil shipping wagons.


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Rockefeller also purchased barges and tugs to handle shipping in New York Harbor.


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The legislation became an obstacle to the expansion of operations abroad.


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Rockefeller hired lawyers to arrange the case.


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Lawyers came up with a solution by creating the concept of trust.


Question: When did John Davison Rockefeller, Sr start Standard Oil company?

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Standard Oil shareholders handed over their securities to nine trustees (trustees) in 1882.


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The Trust had capital of $70 million and after three years already $95 million.


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It was the largest oil company in the world at the time.


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Standard Oil had a monopoly in its sector, meaning the only oil producer.


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Trusts that gained monopoly status existed in other sectors, for example in the steel industry and banking.


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New inventions, such as the car and the airplane, multiplied Rockefeller's oil empire and his personal wealth.


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An attempt was made to limit the activities of large corporations through legislation.


Question: When did John Davison Rockefeller, Sr start Standard Oil company?

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The legislation eventually became an obstacle to Standard Oil as well, and was chopped into 34 parts in May 1911 by a decision of the United States Supreme Court.


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At the time, Standard Oil held 64% of the U.S. oil refining sector.


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The cleavage spawned several new oil companies, and many of these still featured the Standard Oil name, for example Standard Oil of Colorado Standard Oil of Brazil.


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The most familiar of the companies born are Esso Oy and Mobil Oy, which merged in 1999 to become Exxon Mobile.


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The Rockefellers no longer continued at the head of these “heirs to the throne”, although Standard Oil was a family business.


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Rockefeller retired from the oil business in 1895, when he was considered the richest in the world but also the most unpopular public figure in America because of his brutal business dealings.


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Subsequently, however, John Rockefeller began to reap fame with large donations, mainly for medical research.


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Universities and research institutes under his name still exist in America.


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For the rest of his life, he focused on spending his money and playing golf.


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Among others, the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute, which practices medical research, led to John D. Rockefeller's donations.


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At his most prosperous, he is estimated to have been the richest person ever in the world, given inflation.


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The amount of his fortune has been estimated at $900 million before World War I.


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The amount of his donations is estimated to have been about $600 million.


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John D. Rockefeller was a conviction Baptist.


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In addition to other charitable interests, he donated large sums to the Baptist Mission and other ecclesiastical sites.


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Rockefeller died at age 97 of arteriosclerosis on May 23, 1937, at his home in Ormond Beach, Florida.


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Rockefeller was buried at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.


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His eldest son John D. Rockefeller, Jr.


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Foundations of the Rockefeller Foundation John D. Rockefeller established the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913.


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Its purpose is to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world.


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Among other things, the foundation conducts medical and developmental retardation studies and operates worldwide.


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The Rockefeller Foundation had a gift fund of about $3.1 billion in 2001.


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Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center is a complex of buildings located in New York City comprising a total of 19 skyscrapers.


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The Rockefellers family built the buildings in 1932—1939 primarily with money from John D. Rockefeller.


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Rockefeller Center is dominated by the 69-story GE Building.


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The building houses the leadership seat of the Rockefeller family.


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The University of Chicago Rockefeller issued an endowment establishing a university in Chicago in 1890.


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The assets of this university, called the Cradle of Economics, today amount to around €3.3 billion.


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The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research at Rockefeller University was founded in 1901.


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In 1965, operations were expanded to include education, and the institution changed its name to Rockefeller University.


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Its scholars have received a total of 23 Nobel Prizes between 1912 and 2003.


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Wealth In 1902, Rockefeller's property was valued at US$200 million.


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Around the time of his death in 1937, his estate was valued at $1.4 billion.


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Given inflation and comparing the size of the national economy like that and present, J. D. Rockefeller is by far the richest person to have ever lived.


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[3] It is estimated that Rockefeller's assets would have been equivalent to approximately $318 [4] -$336 [5] billion in 2008 when the size ratios between assets and the entire US national economy are transferred to the present day.


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That's more than the fortunes of the six richest people of our time (Warren Buffett, Carlos Slim Helu, Bill Gates, Lakshmi Mittal, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani) combined.


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[6] Family Rockefeller married in 1864 Laura Spelman (1839—1915).


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The couple had five children; four daughters and one son: Elizabeth Rockefeller (August 23, 1866 — November 14, 1906) Alice Rockefeller (July 14, 1869 — August 20, 1870) Alta Rockefeller (April 12, 1871 — June 21, 1962) Edith Rockefeller (August 31, 1872 — August 25, 1962) 1932) by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.


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Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

The history of the Finnish network can be considered to extend at least to March 20.


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1849, when Colonel Alfred Stjernvall, the head of the Department of Road and Civil Engineering, proposed the construction of a horse-drawn railway from Helsinki to Turkhau.


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The track would have crossed Salpausselät and connected the country's capital with navigable Järvi-Finland.


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The Governor-General ordered the matter to be investigated, and in 1851 a plan was completed to build a locomotive railway from Helsinki to Hämeenlinna.


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[1] In 1862, the first section of the Finnish network was opened in 1862, which is now part of the Finnish main line.


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[2] At the end of the 19th century, trains in Finland were designed to travel only 25 kilometres per hour, so the journey was slow but still faster than horse rides.


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The main part of the line was built between 1850 and 1900.


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Finland was poor and the wages paid to the workers small.


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An efficient mode of transport was needed to transport both finished products and raw materials.


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After all, the United States and England had seen their watershed impact on the economy.


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Finland was going through rapid industrialisation.


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The tracks were built around that time by the Grand Duchy of Finland, and the building funds for the Helsinki—Hämeenlinna line were raised, among other things, through a liquor burning tax, when the Crown received little money elsewhere.


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Accumulation of this tax was slowed, among other things, by the great years of disappearance at the end of the 1850s.


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There have been quite a few new sections of track in the latter part of the 20th century.


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Some of the biggest projects have been the Äänekoski—Haapajärvi line in 1960 [3] and the Martinlaakso commuter rail line in 1975 [3].


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Since 1970, mainly short tracks have been built.


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These include the track from Tampere via Parkano to Seinäjoki, completed in 1971 [2] [3], and the Kerava—Lahti Oikorata, completed in 1978 [2] [3], and the Kerava—Lahti Oikorata completed in 2006 [3] [4].


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Shorttracks were made to short the bends that slowed the running of trains and to increase capacity.


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Railroads were in some degree of depression from the 1960s onwards because it was believed automobiles would be the mode of transportation of the future.


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The perception has had to be revised in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, as traffic congestion and growing environmental awareness advocate a new rise in railways.


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Development The construction of railways began relatively late in Finland.


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The first section of the line was opened on 17 March 1862 between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna [5]; this later became the main line in Finland.


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In 1870 [2] [3] a connection to Saint Petersburg was completed, which at that time was an important link with the capital of the Tsarist Empire.


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Since Finland was part of the Russian Empire, Russian gauge (1,524mm/5', now 1520mm in Russia) began to be used here.


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The extension of the Helsingin-Hämeenlinna line through Toijala to Tampere and the branch line from Toijala to Turku were opened to traffic on 22 June 1876.


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[5] [6] This is how the three largest cities in the country were combined.


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In 1883 there followed a connection from Tampere via Haapamäki to Seinäjoki and Vaasa [2] [3] and in 1886 Oulu was also connected to Seinäjoki. [2] [3].


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In 1909, the railways finally also took to Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland.


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[3] [7] Thereafter, construction of new lines was reduced for an extended period of time, and the wars did not improve the situation.


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Since the main line that ran to Joensuu, starting from Vyborg in the Peace Treaty of 1944, was built to replace the connection from Parikkala to Onkamo in 1966.


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[2] [3] In the next decade, more track was finally built, for example the Tampere—Lielahti—Parkano—Seinäjoki line, which significantly shortened the travel time between Southern Finland and Northern Finland.


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1965 began an extensive electrification project.


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The advantage of the late start was that the latest technology could be used, namely 25 kV and 50Hz, which even today is the best technology.


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Electrification has the advantage of lower energy consumption and pollution free.


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Electrification started on the section of line from Helsinki to Kirkkonummi.


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Timetable electric train services to Kirkkonummi began on 26 January 1969.


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[8] Many routes were electrified only in the 1990s, such as Tampere—Jyväskylä in 1994 and Helsinki to Turku in 1995.


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Electrification to the Oulu—Rovaniemi section was completed after a few years of construction in December 2004 [9] and the Oulu—Iisalmi/Vartius sections in 2006.


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Southern Finland Finland's first railway for public transport, the current main line, from Helsinki to Hämeenlinna was completed in 1862.


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[2] The rail link from Helsinki via Riihimäki and Vyborg to Saint Petersburg was opened in 1870.


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[2] [10] Finland was then an autonomous Grand Duchy under Russian rule.


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The track from Riihimäki to Saint Petersburg was built deep inland for military reasons so that enemies could not easily use it for their own needs.


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The Helsinki Metropolitan Railway has been a major factor in the development of Vantaa.


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The railway has the advantage of being a much more efficient route than road in terms of transport capacity for transferring passengers and goods.


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The railway has had a very significant impact on Vantaa's population and economic structure.


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With that, people moved to new areas as the track made it possible to work in Helsinki.


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The first section of line was opened from Helsinki to Hämeenlinna on 17 March 1862, construction work began in 1857.


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[11] The second track was built between Pasila and Tikkurila in 1899, the following year it was extended as far as Kerava.


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The third track was made from Helsinki to Tikkurila in 1972 and north of Tikkurila in 1981.


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The Vantaankoski track, which separates from the beach track in Huopalahdi, was completed in 1975.


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[3] When electrified, traffic began to run regularly from Helsinki to Kirkkonummi in January 1969 and to Siikjaharju in September 1970.


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[12] Eastern Finland Riihimäki—Saint Petersburg line was completed in 1870, [3] and in 1890 the Kouvola—Kotka line was built.


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[3] From the 1860s, railway issues arose in Savossak.


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Several alternative plans existed for the railway network; one plan already presented in the early 1860s required the construction of the lines Helsinki—Hämeenlinna—Tampere—Vaasa and Viipuri—Lappeenranta, Kuopio—Oulu, as well as transverse connection lines for these, including Hämeenlinna—Mikkeli.


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However, the first to reach Finland was the Helsinki—Hämeenlinna line and the Riihimäki—Saint Petersburg line.


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The Savo line from Kouvola to Kuopio was complete in 1889, [3] and opened to traffic on 1 October 1889.


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[5] The original Karelian line from Vyborg via Sortavala to Joensu and the branch line from Antrea to Imatra were built between 1890 and 1894.


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[2] [3] It was later extended from Joensuu to Lieksa in 1910 [3], to Nurmes in 1911 [3] and from there further through Kontiomäki to Oulu.


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The section of the line between Nurmes and Oulu was completed in stages between 1926 and 1930.


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[3] The cross track from Elisenvaara along the Karelian line via Savonlinna, Pieksämäki and Jyväskylä to Haapamäe, along the Ostrobothnia line, was built in stages between 1897 and 1918.


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The first section between Haapamäki and Jyväskylä was completed in 1897, the last between Jyväskylä and Pieksämäki in 1918.


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[2] [3] This rail link from St. Petersburg through the interior of Finland to the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia to Nikolainkaupunki (now.


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For strategic reasons, the Russian government considered it very important because the old Riihimäen-Saint Petersburg line was located so close to the coast of the Gulf of Finland that it might have fallen into enemy control during the war [13].


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As recently completed, the track really gained considerable strategic significance, but not for the Russians, but for the Whites of the Finnish Civil War, since the Riihimäen—Vyborg line was the Red, this new line instead entirely in the White-dominated area and connected the old north— southbound sections of track.


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[13] Since the southern part of the Karelian line remained in the area ceded after World War II, it was built to replace the track from Parikkala to Onkamo in the 1960s.


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Prior to that, the line from Varkaus to Joensuu had served shortly before the war, the line from Varkaus to Joensuu, completed in 1939 [2].


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The Ostrobothnia Tampere—Vaasa railway was built between 1879 and 1883.


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The track site was divided into three districts.


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Of these, the first extended from Tampere to Pollar, the second from Pollar to Alavude and the third from Alavude to Vaasa.


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At the busiest time, up to 4000 track builders were at work.


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The track circled around the eastern side of Lake Näsijärvi and was tens of kilometres longer than the later-built short track through Parkano.


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The planning of the lines from Hämeenlinna in Southwest Finland to Turku and Tampere began even before the Helsinki—Hämeenlinna line was completed.


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The first plans were made by the Corps of Engineers under Colonel Knut Stjernvall as early as 1860.


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Governor-General Berg presented the plans to the Senate, which in 1861 installed a committee to study the extension of the railway from Hämeenlinna to Tampere.


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[14] In the spring of 1861, a group of Tampereans led by Adolf Törngren, the master of the Linen factory, left the government with calculations on the benefits of the Hämeenlinna-Tampere railway, and the Senate submitted to the Emperor that, after the completion of the Helsinki—Hämeenlinna line, it would be planned to build a line from Hämeenlinna to Hämeenlinna To Tampere, but the Russian Emperor moved the project to a later date due to the construction of the main east-facing tracks.


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[15] [16] [17] [18] Since the Riihimäki—Saint Petersburg line became an emergency relief site during the shortage and, on the other hand, because the then Grand Prince of Russia wanted, the Hämeenlinnan-Tampere line moved to the Hämeenlinnan-Tampere line as well as the railway line that branched from it all the way to the 1870s.


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In the first half of the 1870s, the state had agreed to build the line with a Turku-based subcontractor.


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The contract included a condition that the contract would be cancelled if the subcontractor did not start work by a certain date.


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The area pohatas agree with the subcontractor on the direction of the track.


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For example, Axel Wilhelm Wahren, founder of the Forssa Companies, had agreed with a subcontractor to build a line through Forssa.


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To Wahreen's disappointment, the subcontractor did not begin construction by the agreed date when the contract was cancelled, and Wahren failed to get the track to Forssa, despite trying everything still afterwards.


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However, a narrow-gauge railway connection was obtained to Forssa from Humppila in 1898 when the Jokioinen Railway was built.


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Having learned from the mistake, the Grand Duchy of Finland decided not to acquire a subcontractor and built the track itself.


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The track was built with Russian labour, as it was cheaper at the time.


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The Russian crew, on the other hand, were also more brawl-prone and lazier.


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Russian track builders also left their own handprint in some places, namely trees along the track.


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While building the Siberian Track, these workmen had learned to sow trees along the tracks; in Siberia, trees protected the railroad from the wind.


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The Hämeenlinnan—Tampere and Toijal—Turku lines were completed on 13 January 1876 [2] [3] [6] [16] [19], although it was not until 22 June 1876.


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[5] According to statistics, at first there were occasional people on the track, but as summer passed, the daily need for travel grew drastically.


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[19] On the Turku—Toijala line, a diesel-powered VR locomotive regularly ran between Kyrö—Turku in the 1920s.


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In 1903, another line to Turku was completed, from Pasila in Helsinki to Karja and the waterfront track through Salo.


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[3] It was largely built as single track.


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After World War II, the track ran across the Porkkala rental area and remained out of use for a few years in this regard.


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An agreement was later reached on the right of way, but there were still difficulties with the issue, which led President J. K. Paasikivi to propose the construction of a new track to circumvent the leased area from its north side.


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Already on the same occasion there were plans to electrify the line.


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The president considered the idea quite extensively in his diaries, but eventually the idea lapsed when Porkkala was restored much earlier than planned, in 1956.


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The initial section of the line from Helsinki to Kirkkonummi was electrified as Finland's first track in 1969.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

In other respects, it was not until the 1980s that the track began basic improvement.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

It was not fully electrified until 1995 when the Pendolinos entered service.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

Northern Finland Before the wars there were plans to build railways in Northeast Country to Kuusamo and from Rovaniemi to Petsamo.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

Other rail plans to be mentioned have also included so-called. Rahja harbour track in Kalajoki, as well as a line straight in the so-called. Kairanmaa track from Vuolijoki to Otanmäti.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

The influence of railways on municipal structure The railways played a major role in the creation of the Finnish settlement structure.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

Many new cities such as Hyvinkää, Riihimäki, Karjaa, Kouvola, Seinäjoki, Pieksämäki and Ylivieska have emerged around railway junction stations.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

As recently as the 1960s, railways had a station on average every 3.4 km (3.1km for metropolitan commuter rail), and a significant proportion of the population lived in detached houses in station villages forming long strip towns along the tracks.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

Things were taken care of by train in bigger towns and neighbouring villages in the absence of cars.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

In this case, today's ideal of single-family housing was realised at the end of good and environmentally friendly transport links.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

Even today, Finland's population is concentrated along the railways and the tracks pass through almost every little larger municipality, even if the actual passenger traffic has ceased.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

As station villages have become quiet and passenger depletion caused by motoring, stops have been reduced.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

The role of trains today is to provide high-speed connections between major cities and commuter rail in a densely populated metropolitan area.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

Literature Schivelbusch, Wolfgang: History of Train Journey, Vastapaino, 1996, ISBN 951-768-010-4 Lindeqvist, K. O.: History of Finland, WSOY, Porvoo, 1906 Sinisalo, Uuno: Tampere Book: description of the stages of Tampere and the current city, Tampere, 1947 Voionmaa, Väinö: History of Tampere III: History of Tampere in the last decades (1856—1905), Tampere, 1907—1910 Editorial board: Suolahti, Gunnar et al.: Cultural History of Finland.


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network


Question: Who designed the Hämeenlinna train station?

History of the Finnish rail network

Time of industrialism and national ascent, Gummerus, Jyväskylä, 1936 See also History of gauge lines - Includes history of Finnish gauge Riihimäki-Saint Petersburg line - Includes early history of the Finnish railway network Sources On the topic elsewhere, Finnish Rail Administration (FRA) Opeko.fi/Tiina S., 2006 Tampere Book Printing Oy, 1920, Tampere Fennada-Filmi Junior — * Category:History of Technology


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

The historical period of Lithuanian history is considered to begin in 1009, when the name of Lithuania was first mentioned in written sources.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

[1] Lithuanians founded the Kingdom of Lithuania in the 13th century.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

The later Grand Duchy of Lithuania remained strictly independent of other kingdoms and was one of the last European countries to convert to Christianity.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

In the 15th century, Poland-Lithuania became the most large state in Europe by area.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

[2] However, in the partitions of Poland in 1772, 1793 and 1795, Polish-Lithuania was dissolved and Lithuania became part of the Russian Empire.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

[3] On February 16, 1918, the Republic of Lithuania declared independence from Russia.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

The country maintained its independence until World War II, when it was occupied by the Soviet Union under the Molotov—Ribbentrop Pact division of interests.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

After a brief occupation by Nazi Germany, Lithuania became part of the Soviet Union for 50 years.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

In the early 1990s, Lithuania regained its independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

Since 2004, the country has been a member of the European Union and NATO.


Question: When was Lithuania founded?

History of Lithuania

[4] Prehistory Continental ice melted off the territory of present-day Lithuania sometime between 18,000 and 16000 BCE.