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    Ilomantsi (Karelian: Il'manči or Ilomančči, Swedish: Ilomants) is municipality and a village of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The...
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    The Battle of Ilomantsi (Finnish: Ilomantsin taistelu) was a part of the Svir–Petrozavodsk Offensive of the Continuation War (1941–1944). It was fought...
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  • Battle of Ilomantsi can refer to two battles: Battle of Ilomantsi (1939), between Finland and Soviet Union during the Winter War Battle of Ilomantsi (1944)...
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  • The Battle of Ilomantsi was fought from 10 December to 16 December 1939, between Finland and the Soviet Union during the Winter War. Fighting took place...
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    Karhapää was born in the Sonkajanranta village at the Nissinen homestead in Ilomantsi. His parents were Vasili and Anastasia Karhapää. He had a younger brother...
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    32nd Army which were defeated by counterattacking Finns in the Battle of Ilomantsi. The Finnish Army had previously withdrawn most of its forces from the...
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  • Karelia region in eastern Finland. It is situated in the municipality of Ilomantsi. Biggest islands are Lammassaari, Korpisaari, Veitsisaari and Kokkosaari...
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    Ilja Praasniekka, the Elijah Day worship on the shore of lake in Ilomantsi, Finland in July 1996...
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    he became known. In North Karelia, Soviet forces were outmanoeuvred at Ilomantsi and Lieksa. The Finns used effective guerrilla tactics, taking special...
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  • into three regions, 11 districts and 49 municipalities. Joensuu District Ilomantsi (Ilomants) Joensuu Juuka (Juga) Kontiolahti (Kontiolax) Liperi (Libelits)...
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    Karelia Imatra Joutseno Lappeenranta (Villmanstrand) North Karelia Joensuu Ilomantsi (Ilomants) Kitee Kesälahti Kontiolahti Lieksa Liperi Nurmes Outokumpu...
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    neighboring municipalities of Joensuu are Liperi, Kontiolahti, Lieksa, Ilomantsi, Tohmajärvi and Rääkkylä. In addition, the city is part of the Joensuu...
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  • naval rifle brigades. In late July it advanced on the Finnish town of Ilomantsi but was soon surrounded and forced to break out with heavy losses. Following...
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    battalion was 678 men and 76 women (see Lotta Svärd). In the Battle of Ilomantsi, soldiers of the 4th disrupted the supply lines of the Soviet artillery...
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    They were generally highly effective. For example, during the Battle of Ilomantsi, Soviet supply lines were harassed to the point that the Soviet artillery...
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    Three kanteles in the coat of arms of Ilomantsi...
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    fought toward the end of the war, the last of which was the Battle of Ilomantsi, fought between 26 July and 13 August 1944 and resulting in a Finnish...
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    into 54 municipalities in 2009. Enonkoski Heinävesi Hirvensalmi Iisalmi Ilomantsi Joensuu Joroinen Juankoski Juuka Juva Kaavi Kangasniemi Karttula Keitele...
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    Lake Virmayarvi (category Lakes of Ilomantsi)
    (1-kilometre (0.6 mi) long) lake straddling the border between Finland (Ilomantsi municipality) and Russia (Suoyarvsky District, Republic of Karelia). It...
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    the VKT-line. After heavy fighting in the battles of Tali-Ihantala and Ilomantsi, Finnish troops finally managed to halt the Soviet attack.[citation needed]...
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    Over 3 000 inhabitants  < 3 000 inhabitants Joensuu sub-region Heinävesi Ilomantsi (Ilomants) Joensuu Juuka (Juga) Kontiolahti (Kontiolax) Liperi (Libelits)...
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    a tree from the forests of the proposed national park of Koitajoki in Ilomantsi, Finland and put it on display at exhibitions held in Austria and Germany...
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    the pair met Mateli Magdalena Kuivalatar in the small border town of Ilomantsi. Kuivalatar was very important to the development of the Kanteletar. The...
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  • Norra Karelen) in Finland are divided on three sub-regions: Heinävesi Ilomantsi (Ilomants) Joensuu Juuka (Juga) Kontiolahti (Kontiolax) Liperi (Libelits)...
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    Vitsataipale [fi] and Vuokkiniemi) South Karelian (spoken in the parishes of Ilomantsi, Impilahti, Korpiselkä [fi], Mäntyselkä [fi], Paatene [ru], Porajärvi...
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    order to prevent the enemy from supplying its troops in the Battle of Ilomantsi. The mission was conducted by Finland between 31 July 1944 and 31 August...
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  • altarpieces for churches. Between 1830 and 1832 he painted the church of Ilomantsi with one hundred angels, a number of bible characters and stories, and...
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    War Eastern Front 1939-11-30 1940-03-13  Finland  Soviet Union Finnish Ilomantsi (1939) Winter War Eastern Front 1939-12-10 1939-12-16  Finland  Soviet...
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    village of the Finnish kunta ('municipality') of Ilomantsi is usually called the pogosta of Ilomantsi (Ilomantsin pogosta), the word being obviously a...
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    Tali-Ihantala. Further north, Finnish victories in the Battles of Vuosalmi and Ilomantsi halted additional Soviet attempts to break through Finnish lines. The...
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