#karelian isthmus

[mim70]

Pines

Karelian Isthmus, Russia

[carbone14]

Soldats finlandais attendant une attaque soviétique dans l'un des abris de la ligne VT (Ligne Vammelsuu–Taipale) - Offensive Vyborg–Petrozavodsk – Guerre de continuation – Rautu (Sosnovo) – Isthme de Carélie - Finlande - 16 juin 1944

Le soldat de gauche tient une mitrailleuse Maxim M/32-33

©SA-Kuva

[sovietpostcards]

"Travel the Karelian Isthmus!"

Poster by V. Ivanov (1948)

[dankalbumart]

The Karelian Isthmus by Amorphis Relapse 1992 Death Metal / Death-Doom / Heavy Metal / Scandinavian Metal

[captain-price-unofficially]

A Finnish gun crew mans their Bofors 40mm gun as Soviet aircraft’s approaches, Kivennapa, Karelian Isthmus. 7 July 1942.

[torillatavataan]

Nothing new indeed. Here are just some russified Finnish place names from the Karelian Isthmus:

Antrea -> Kamennogorsk Enso -> Svetogorsk * Heinjoki -> Veshchevo Johannes -> Sovetsky Jääski -> Lesogorsky Kanneljärvi -> Pobeda Kaukjärvi -> Kamenka Kirvu -> Svobodnoye Kivennapa -> Pervomayskoye Koivisto -> Primorsk Koivistonsaari -> Bolshoy Beryozovy Kuolemajärvi -> Pionerskoye Kähäri -> Goncharovo Käkisalmi -> Priozersk Lavansaari -> Moshchny Metsäpirtti -> Zaporozhskoye Raivola -> Roshchino Rautu -> Sosnovo Räisälä -> Melnikovo Säkkijärvi -> Kondratyevo ** Terijoki -> Zelenogorsk Uuras -> Vysotsk Uusikirkko -> Polyany Vahviala -> Yashino Valkjärvi -> Michurinskoye Vuoksenranta -> Ozyorskoye Ylä-Urpala -> Torfyanovka

* The name lives on in the name of the company Stora Enso ** You may recognise the name from the song Säkkijärven polkka

Place names in the ceded Petsamo, Salla, and Ladoga Karelia, have largely been left alone.

The population of the ceded Finnish territories was also completely replaced.

Please feel free to list more russified places from other countries.

[mapsontheweb]

Finnish observations of Soviets shelling their own troops on the Karelian Isthmus 26.11.1939. Four days later Soviet Union declared war on Finland using this as a pretext.

The map portrays observation posts Finnish troops used to identify the locations of the artillery strikes. The arrows from different posts indicate bearings to the observations, using Finnish military radians where a full circle is 6000. 1500 or 15-00 indicates east.

via u/SpaceEngineering

[cid5]

Finnish soldiers prepare to leave a trench shelter to stop an upcoming Soviet attack. One of the soldiers carries a Maxim M/09-21 machine gun. Karelian Isthmus, 1944.

[sylvia-on-the-run]

ever see a ukrainian source so facist they list st petersburg and the karelian isthmus as "occupied finland"

[jhlcolorizing]

Finnish sentry from the Infantry Regiment 15 at the Sirkiä sector, Karelian Isthmus. January 16, 1942.

Infantry Regiment 15, established in Satakunta was a unit of the 15th Division in the Continuation War. •••••••• Jalkaväkirykmentti 15:n vartiomies taisteluhaudassa Sirkiän lohkolla, Karjalan kannaksella, 16.1.1942.

Satakunnassa perustettu jalkaväkirykmentti 15 oli 15. divisioonan joukkoyksikkö jatkosodassa. •••••••• [ sa-kuva | 70174 | H.Tornia ]

[metalcultbrigade]

Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus. 01/11/1992

[mim70]

Cranberries

[tanksandbeyond]

A Finnish L-62 Anti II anti-aircraft vehicle, Liikola, Karelian Isthmus, June 15th, 1944.

The Landsverk L-62 Anti II was an anti-aircraft vehicle designed for Finland by Sweden. It used an existing Landsverk L-60 tank chassis and added a turret with the famous 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun. Its full designation in service with Finland was Ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu 41, or Anti-Aircraft Tank 41, the latter number referring to the year designed. During the war, eleven aircraft were shot down by the Anti II, and of the 6 built, all survived the war and several can be found in Finnish museums to this day.

[oldsardens]

Alexander Vedernikov - Karelian Isthmus

[captain-price-unofficially]

A Finnish soldier with Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun during Battle of Vuosalmi, Karelian Isthmus, Finland. July, 1944.

[torillatavataan]

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In February 1940 on the [Karelian] Isthmus, my father was wounded by a grenade shrapnel while repelling Russia’s aggression. Our family got an opportunity to have a 155 mm artillery shell with a dedicated inscription fired at the aggressors attacking Bakhmut. Grandpa Topi has now been avaneged.

The inscription on the artillery shell reads: Merry Christmas! Regards: The Kari family

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