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Sankarimuistomerkki, Pyhän Nikolauksen seurakunnan hautausmaa (Sotilaskunnian muistomerkki)

Helsinki

Period
Unknown
Category
Memorial
Location accuracy
Approximate area
Sotilaskunnian muistomerkki.jpg
Photo: Kulttuurinavigaattori · CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page

A memorial related to the wars.

Access and getting there

Pyhän Nikolauksen seurakunnan hautausmaa. Muistopaikka — käyttäydy kunnioittavasti.

What happened here

Battles, troop movements and military operations recorded near this site.

  1. 7 August 1855 – 9 August 1855

    Battle of Suomenlinna

    Battle · Krimin sota · 5,0 km

    The Bombardment of Sveaborg, also known as the Battle of Sveaborg, took place on 9–11 August 1855, between Russian defenders and a joint British–French fleet during the Åland War, a Baltic Sea theater of the Crimean War. British and French ships bombarded the Russian fortress of Sveaborg from beyond the range of the defenders' artillery. After 48 hours of bombardment, the attackers withdrew without attempting a landing.

    == Background == Constructed during the Swedish rule of Finland in the 18th century, the Fortress of Sveaborg (known as Viapori in Finnish, and renamed Suomenlinna in 1918) was the main defensive installation in the Grand Duchy of Finland. After the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland was moved from Turku to Helsinki in 1812 the value of Sveaborg only increased. However, by the Crimean War the artillery of the fortress had already become obsolete. After the engagements of 1854 Russians (and Finns) expected an attack on Sveaborg in 1855. The small skirmishes that had been fought along the coast between Russian and British-French forces in the early summer of 1855 only worsened the fear while bulk of the Russian fleet had become isolated and surrounded in the port and fortress of Kronstadt off Saint Petersburg.

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  2. 6 October 1939

    7. RKK:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  3. 7 October 1939

    59. Rask.Liik.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  4. 7 October 1939

    51. Vh.Ptri:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  5. 7 October 1939

    53. Rask.Liik.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  6. 7 October 1939

    51. It.KKK:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  7. 7 October 1939

    52. Rask.Kiint.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  8. 7 October 1939

    54. Rask.Liik.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  9. 7 October 1939

    1. Rask.Liik.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  10. 7 October 1939

    51. Rask.Kiint.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  11. 8 October 1939

    11. Kev.It.Ptri:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

  12. 12 October 1939 – 16 October 1939

    1. Er.PPK:n keskittäminen.

    Troop movement · Helsinki · 1,4 km

Recorded casualties in the area

Helsinki
464

The recorded place of death is usually a parish or village rather than an exact point, so the figure describes the area around the site. Names of the fallen are not shown.

Sotasampo · Kansallisarkisto, menehtyneet 1939–1945

Archive photographs nearby

Wartime photographs taken near this site.

Photographs: SA-kuva, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby

One site is rarely a trip on its own. These are the closest others.

Sources, licences and accuracy

Location accuracy: Approximate area

Verification: 2026-07-31 (remote)

  • Wikipedia — Luettelo Helsingin julkisista taideteoksista ja muistomerkeistä (CC BY-SA 4.0)