Porkkalanniemi (redirect from Porkkala peninsula)
Sea. The distance to Estonia at the closest point is only 36 km (22 mi). Porkkala is furthermore located only 30 kilometers (19 mi) from Helsinki, the Finnish...
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Porkkala Naval Base was a Soviet naval base operational from 1944–1956 in the municipalities of Kirkkonummi, Ingå and Siuntio on the Porkkala peninsula...
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Porkkala Lighthouse (Finnish: Porkkalan majakka, Swedish: Porkala fyr), also known as Kallbåda or Porkkala Kallbåda, is a lighthouse located in the municipality...
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Porkkala is a Finnish name, which can mean: Porkkalanniemi, a peninsula in Finland, often referred to simply as Porkkala Porkkala Naval Base, a temporarily...
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Veikko Ilmari Porkkala (22 November 1908 – 3 September 2009) was a Finnish communist activist and trade unionist. Born in Loviisa, Porkkala's father was...
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1940 Moscow Peace Treaty and additionally ceded Petsamo and leased the Porkkala Peninsula to the Soviets. Furthermore, Finland was required to pay war...
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Areas ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union during World War II. The Porkkala land lease was returned to Finland in 1956....
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naval base was replaced by Porkkala in the armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union of 19 September 1944. Porkkala was returned to Finland in January...
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Peter the Great's Naval Fortress or the Tallinn-Porkkala defence station was a Russian fortification line, which aimed to block access to the Russian capital...
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the Finnish Coastal Fleet, together with the minelayers MLC Hämeenmaa, Porkkala and Pyhäranta. The vessels were built in the late 1990s, early 2000s, and...
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Petsamo to the Soviet Union, and Finland was further compelled to lease Porkkala to the Soviet Union for a period of fifty years (the area was returned...
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imposed heavy war reparations on Finland and stipulated the lease of the Porkkala area near the Finnish capital Helsinki as a military base for fifty years...
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bell tower was built in 1824. During 1944–1956 the Soviet Union rented Porkkala Naval Base from Finland. St. Michael's Church was part of this new rental...
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Degerby (section The Soviet Naval Base Porkkala)
in 1945 after major part of it became a part of the Soviet naval base Porkkala. In 1940 there were 1 490 people living in Degerby with majority of people...
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relations, which also included such steps as the Soviets' return of the Porkkala Naval Base leased territory to full Finnish sovereignty (January 1956)...
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kirkko". Tiekirkot. Retrieved 2 February 2024. "The Porkkala Parenthesis: The lease period of Porkkala 1944-1956". Degerby. Retrieved 2 February 2024. Selén...
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late in World War II, from 1944 to 1956, the Soviet Union operated the Porkkala Naval Base in this area, under a lease with Finland. Kantvik Eero Auvinen...
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the Navy, alongside the Coastal Fleet and Nyland Brigade. Headquarters Porkkala Coastal Battalion Support Company Transport Company Military Police Company...
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would be larger and in addition a double submarine net would be laid from Porkkala to Naissaar in Operation Walross. The blockade of the Gulf of Finland turned...
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and the United Kingdom, a small peninsula towards the Gulf of Finland, Porkkala, was rented to the Soviet Union as a military base. This created in effect...
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territory, especially when the Soviet Union returned the peninsula of Porkkala to Finland in 1956. There was, however, no significant public controversy...
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(Upinniemi) MLC Hämeenmaa 1st Missile Unit (Hamina class) 1st Mine Unit (MLI Porkkala, MLI Pyhäranta) 8th Service Support Squadron (Pansio and Upinniemi) 1st...
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[Lenin and the Finnish Civil War]. In Numminen, J.; Apunen, O.; von Gerich-Porkkala, C.; Jungar, S.; Paloposki, T.; Kallio, V.; Kuusi, H.; Jokela, P.; Veilahti...
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Finnish Civil War]. In Numminen, J.; Apunen, O. [in Finnish]; von Gerich-Porkkala, C.; Jungar, S.; Paloposki, T.; Kallio, V.; Kuusi, H.; Jokela, P.; Veilahti...
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December 1917 Independence from Russian Empire declared 26 January 1956 Porkkala returned from Soviet control 3 January 1918 Independence from Russia recognized...
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two famous peninsulas, namely Porkkala and Upinniemi, the latter one of which houses a major Finnish naval base. Porkkala is also on one of the main bird...
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Finnish Army was in a difficult situation as it bordered the Soviet Union. Porkkala was a Soviet naval base taken from Finland in 1944. Construction for it...
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Vyborg. The ship served over 6 years in the Red Fleet at the Soviet base in Porkkala, Finland. The ship was called Vanya (a Russian short form of the name Ivan)...
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become member (since 1955) United Nations, become member (since 1955) Porkkala Restitution, (1956) Helsinki Treaty with Nordic countries (1962) Helsinki...
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Movement. Finland 1935–1939 (to Winter War) 1956–2022 (from return of Porkkala rental area to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) Treaty of Tartu (Finland–Russia)...
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