Mapping the Heritage Value of Finnish Second World War Defensive Line in Karelian Isthmus, Russia
Mannerheim Line today
Mannerheim Line is preserved at varying levels in different places – suprisingly well at some localities. It offers interesting historical and heritage experiences and brings history concretely closer to the visitors. Below you can find photographs and videos of the ruins of Mannerheim Line as it is today, more pictures and videos will be added as the work proceeds.
Arkeologit Olli Kunnas ja Kerkko Nordqvist ihmettelevät Taipaleenjoen kranaattikuoppaista maisemaa / Archaeologists Olli Kunnas and Kerkko Nordqvist admiring the landscape scarred by artillery craters in the Taipaleenjoki area (Oula Seitsonen)
Anti tank defences at Summajärvi / Panssariestettä Summajärvellä (Creative Commons, Armenzakh).
Remains of the bunker Summankylä Sk6 / Summankylän Sk6 bunkkerin jäänteet (Creative Commons, Vitold Muratov).
Memorial plaque at bunker Sk6 / Bunkkerin Sk6 muistolaatta (Creative Commons, Vitold Muratov).
Inside bunker Summankylä Sk10 – compare with the wartime picture from March 1940 inside the same bunker / Summnakylä Sk10 bunkkerissa – vrt. kuva maaliskuulta 1940 samasta bunkkerista sota-ajan kuvissa (Creative Commons, Ninara).
Summa battlefield / Summan taistelumaisema (Creative Commons, Ninara)
Summajärvi, anti tank defenses /Summajärvi, panssariestettä (Creative Commons, Armenzakh).
Summajärvi, anti tank defenses /Summajärvi, panssariestettä (Creative Commons, Armenzakh).
Summajärvi, anti tank defenses /Summajärvi, panssariestettä (Creative Commons, Armenzakh).