Definition of Vpl

VPL is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:

• Visible Panty line/ Visible penis line
• Vancouver Public Library
• Victorian Premier League
• ViRC Programming Language
• Virtual Private LAN
• Virtual Processing Laboratory
• Virtual Project Library
• Visiting Professor-Lecturer: (see Professor and Lecturer)
• Visual programming language
• Voltage Protection Level
• Ventral posterior lateral nucleus in the brain
• Vaughan Public Libraries
• Validation of Prior Learning

The Viipuri province or Viipuri county (, ) was a province of Finland in Finnish Karelia. It included most of the territories of Old Finland, which had been ceded to Russia by Sweden in the Treaty of Nystad (Uusikaupunki) (1721) and Treaty of Åbo (Turku) (1743), organized into Vyborg Governorate in 1744 (named Finland Governorate in 1802-1812) and joined to the newly formed autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire by Alexander I of Russia on January 41812 (December 231811 O.S.). The area had a well-developed economy due to its proximity to Saint Petersburg, capital of the Russian Empire. The center of the province was the city of Viipuri (also Viborg, now Vyborg), then second largest city of Finland. The province was subdivided into nine uyezds: Ranta, Ayräpää, Käkisalmi, Karkijoki, Kymmi, Lappvesi, Salmi, Sortavala and Jääski. In 1856 Saimaa Canal was opened, linking Lake Saimaa and Finnish Lakeland to the Bay of Viborg. The development of the province was bolstered further by the construction of the Saint Petersburg–Riihimäki railroad (1870), Viborg–Joensuu railroad (1894) and Petrograd–Hiitola railroad (1917). Granite, marble (in Ruskeala) and bog iron mining as well as logging were important branches of industry. Starting from the beginning of the 20th century, a number of hydroelectric power plants were built by Enso in the higher reaches of the River Vuoksi to supply its pulp and paper mills. In 1906-1939 the province was divided between two electoral districts, Western and Eastern.