Imatra

A hundred kilometers north of Leningrad, on a plain between the Russian town of Luzhaika and the Finnish city of Imatra, the train rails crossed the border.

Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981

Not content with singing half a dozen songs while waiting for the train to get under way, many carriage loads sang off and on during the whole seven hours of the journey to _Andrea_, where we changed in order to catch a train for _Imatra_.

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The Falls of Foyers are as crumbs in a loaf of bread when compared with _Imatra_.

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Above all, Finland, you should not allow St. Petersburg to light her streets with your water power; there is enough water in _Imatra_ to light half Europe -- but keep it for yourselves, keep it as a pearl in a beautiful casket.

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This avalanche of foam and spray, this swirling, tearing, rushing stream, this endless torrent pursuing its wild course, year in, year out -- this was _Imatra_, one of the strongest water powers in the world -- the Niagara of Europe.

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When we had arrived at _Andrea_, on our journey to _Imatra_ from the

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Above the roar of the seething waters, fretting at our very feet, claps of thunder made themselves heard, and rain descended in torrents, while vivid, flashes of lightning lit up the wondrous cataract of _Imatra_.

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The best-known spot is _Harraka_, near _Imatra_, because the English

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_Wallinkoski_ to see the wonderful fall below _Imatra_, and the landlord, having forgotten to charge that journey in the bill, had allowed us to leave _Imatra_ without paying for his beautiful equipage; discovering his mistake, however, as soon as our backs were turned, he had telephoned to the inn that we should send back the money by _Black

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This is _Imatra_, one of Finland's gems set in a regal crown.

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