FIELD RESEARCH IN KIESTINKI

More pictures taken by our "Spiess" in Kiestinki, Russia

Sohjana river

Local shop in Louhi

War memorial for fallen (Soviet) soldiers by Kiestinki-Louhi road

Damaged German helmet found from Kiestinki-Louhi road

Kiestinki-Louhi railroad

German log bunker from Gangaschwaara (Hangasvaara in Finnish)

Another bunker in Gangaschwaara

Russian Mosin-Nagant rifles found near Gangaschwaara

German M16 helmets found from Pitkäjärvi. Most probably these were left behind by Finnish troops who were
encircled in the "Kiestingin motti" (Kiestinki cauldron)

Artillery positions in Gangaschwaara. The rusted fender was part of a German artillery tractor.

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