Karjalaan jääneiden muistomerkki ”Elämän kirja”
- Period
- Unknown
- Category
- Memorial
- Location accuracy
- Precise location
A memorial related to the wars. Memorial designed by Walter Mikkola. Unveiled 1961.
Access and getting there
Pälkäneen kirkon vieressä, Onkkaalantie 81. Muistopaikka — käyttäydy kunnioittavasti.
Related photographs
Photographs of the same subject from the same municipality. They do not show this site — each caption says what it actually shows.
What happened here
Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.
17 October 1713
Battle of Pälkäne
Battle · suuri Pohjan sota · 67 m
The Battle of Pälkäne, sometimes called the Battle at Kostianvirta or Battle on the Pialkiane River (Russian: Битва на реке Пялькяне) was fought between the Russian army under Admiral Fyodor Apraksin and the defending Finnish army of the Swedish Empire under General Carl Gustaf Armfeldt on 17 October 1713, as part of the Great Northern War. It resulted in a Russian victory, although General Armfeldt was able to withdraw his army in good order.
== Background == Despite the crushing defeat at the Poltava in 1709, Charles XII of Sweden refused to negotiate for peace. Sweden was able to land an army in Germany in 1712 and win a victory at the Gadebusch.
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Nearby
One site is rarely a trip on its own. These are the closest others.
- Pälkäne, Pälkäneen hautausmaaPälkäne · War cemetery15 m
- Pälkäneen sankaripatsasPälkäne · Memorial38 m
- KostianvirtaPälkäne · Fortification636 m
- Kostianvirran taistelun muistomerkkiPälkäne · Memorial645 m
- Pälkäneen Lotta Svärdin muistokiviPälkäne · Memorial980 m
- Pälkäneen vapaussodan sankaripatsasPälkäne · Memorial1,7 km
Sources, licences and accuracy
Location accuracy: Precise location
Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)
- Wikipedia — Luettelo Pälkäneen julkisista taideteoksista ja muistomerkeistä (CC BY-SA 4.0)