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"...On road 5 in Eastern Finland from Kuhmo north, shortly before arriving at Suomussalmi one can find a field covered with blocks of natural stone. The stones, placed like tank hinders, fill a three acre field all the way to the edge of the forest hundreds of meters away. They are part of the Memorial to the Winter War. Every stone, 23800 in total, symbolizes a fallen soldier, Finn as well as Russian, on the road to Raate..."
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The full article can be found in the on-line Quarterly which can be made accessible to SFHS members
here on Finlander. If you are an SFHS member and have been given access
then the on-line issue is found here: The Quarterly - Fall 2010.
If you are a member and want to gain access to the on-line Quarterly - or if you
want to apply for membership in order to gain access - please visit this page.
The full article can be found in the on-line Quarterly which can be made accessible to SFHS members
here on Finlander. If you are an SFHS member and have been given access
then the on-line issue is found here: The Quarterly - Fall 2010.
If you are a member and want to gain access to the on-line Quarterly - or if you
want to apply for membership in order to gain access - please visit this page.
