Korsuorkesteri - Muistoja Syväriltä

Memories from Svir river by Korsuorkesteri

Svir river is located in Leningrad's oblast, Russian Federation, it runs between Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga, During WWII when Finnish army advanced from Ladoga's Karelia they attacked across the Svir river with heavy casualties, Finnish army kept their positions until June 1944 and started to retreat after start of major soviet offensive on Karelian Isthmus. During retreat Finnish army abandoned great amounts of supplies, including food, Commander in chief Marshall Mannerheim ordered part of these supplies to be distributed to local population, rest were ditched to Svir. Retreat was peaceful and Finnish army, while destroying bridge across Svir, left civilians and their property untouched.

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Music

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• korsuorkesteri
• Muistoja
• Syväriltä
• memories
• from
• Svir
• river
• Suomi
• Finland
• Karjala
• Karelia
• Russia

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