Photos from the Porkkala area

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The Porkkala area was leased to the Soviet Union in the interim peace agreement for use as a naval base. The lease period was 50 years but the Soviets returned the area to Finland in 1956.

There are still some bunkers and other signs of the Soviet times left.



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