Photos from the St. Petersburg area and Inkerinmaa

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The Shans at Kronstadt, the fort on Kotlin Island.

Kronstadt Kronstadt

The Schlisselburg (Pähkinälinna) fortress at the start of the Neva River on Laatokka. Lenin's brother was executed here.

Schlisselburg Schlisselburg Schlisselburg monument

The Karelian Fortified Region (KaUR) is the Soviet fortified line facing the old Finnish border. The Finnish advance stopped in front of this line in September 1941.

KaUR bunker Metsäbunkkeri Embrasure

Sologubovka, near St. Petersburg. German military cemetary. Remains of German soldiers are collected from the surrounding area and brought here. The text in the monument says: "ZUM GEDENKEN DER AUF DIESEM FRIEDHOF RUHENDEN SOLDATEN DES ZWEITEN WELTKRIEGES GEDENKET IHRER UND ALLER VERMISSTEN”.

Sologubovka Sologubovka Sologubovka Sologubovka

Ruins of the Kaprio fortress in Inkerinmaa.

Kaprio Kaprio

The River Volhov (Olhava) at Staraja Ladoga.

Volhov


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