Winter War memorials in Kuhmo

Jyrkänkoski Memorial
Jyrkkä, west side of Jyrkänkoski
Designer/Creator: Teacher Yrjö Vuorio
Erected by / Acquired by: Kuhmo Reservist Organizations
Unveiling date: 7.8.1960
Material: Natural stone, slate, copper
Text: ”This is where the enemy advance was stopped on December 7, 1939.”
Dedicated to Separate Battalion 14, in whose ranks the men of Kuhmo and Sotkamo took part in the Winter War.
Memorial of Detachment Marttina
Jämäs, the yard of the Kuhmo Company command post of the Kainuu Border Guard.
Designer/Creator: Graphic designer Juhani Vepsäläinen, artisr Altti Heiskanen
Erected by / Acquired by: Men of the Detachment Marttina
Unveiling date: 26.5.1990 and 20.6.1993
Material: Natural stone, metal, former anti-tank obstacles
Three natural stones, each bearing commemorative inscriptions: “Keep Finland free and independent,” “Headquarters Long-Range Patrol Unit Marttina in Kuhmo, 25 May 1990,” “Between 1941 and 1944, Long-Range Patrol Unit Marttina carried out 74 missions behind enemy lines. May the sacrifices made for the Fatherland bind future generations, brothers-in-arms, and Lotta Svärd members,” along with the names of those from Unit Marttina who never returned, and their dates of death or disappearance.
Kilpelänkangas memorial
Northern side of Saunajärventie
Designer/Creator: Architect Birger Stenbäck (s)
Erected by / Acquired by: Brothers-in-arms
Unveiling date: 10.8.1958
Material: Natural stone, concrete, copper
Text: “In memory of the fallen heroes in Kuhmo during the Winter War of 1939–1940. On these hills, Finnish men steadfastly defended their homeland. May their deeds bind future generations.”
“The monument was erected by Brothers-in-Arms on 10 August 1958.”
Kiekinkosken suunnan taistelujen muistomerkki
Tyrävaara, Hukkajärventien pohjoispuoli
 
Designer/Creator: Opettaja Yrjö Vuorio (s)
Erected by / Acquired by: Kuhmon Reserviläisjärjestöt
Unveiling date: 12.8.1962
Material: Luonnonkivi, metalli
Text: ”Talvisodassa 1939–40 pysäytti taisteluosasto Kekkonen venäläisten joukkojen etenemisen tässä maastossa ja vastahyökkäyksellä valtasi Kiekinkosken suunnalla menetetyn alueen takaisin rajaan saakka. Kunnia – Isänmaa.”
Laamasenvaara commemorative plaque
Laamasenvaara
Designer/Creator: Kuhmo Chapter of the Kainuu Border Guard Guild and the Kuhmo Border Guard Area
Unveiling date: 15.6.1996
Material: Natural stone
Text: “At this location, in the Ala-Laamanen house, the first battle of the Winter War in Kuhmo was fought on 30 November 1939. In the battle, Reserve Private Väinö Tauriainen and 13-year-old Eino Malinen were killed.”
Luelahti memorial
Southern side of Saunajärventie
Designer/Creator: Construction foreman Arvo Rissanen
Erected by / Acquired by: Finland–Soviet Union Society
Unveiling date: 6.9.1970
Material: Natural stone, red granite, shale
Text: “In memory of the Soviet soldiers who fell in the war of 1939–1940.
Text in Finnish and Russian.
Löytövaara memorial (“Stone of the Mänttä Men”)
Löytövaara, northern side of Saunajärventie
 
Designer/Creator: Brothers-in-Arms from Mänttä
Unveiling date: 16.8.1970
Material: Natural stone, copper
Text: ”Brothers-in-Arms from Mänttä Heikki Männistö 2.3.1940, Sulo Norojärvi 25.2.1940, Tauno Palonen 13.3.1940.”
Paloaho memorial 1985 (Soviet)
Löytövaara, Paloaho
 
Designer/Creator: Ministry of the Interior, Provincial Government
Unveiling date: 1985
Material: Anti-tank obstacle stone, metal
Text: ”Here lie dead of the 1939–40 war.”
Heroes’ cross
Hankaniemi cemetery
 
Designer/Creator: Stone mason Veljekset Soininen, Porokylä Nurmes
Unveiling date: Summer 1950
Material: Red granite from Vehmas
Text: ”For the Fatherland 1939–1940 1941-1944”.
Memorial for the fallen men from Taivalkoski
Southern side of Saunajärvi, Luelahti
Designer/Creator: Tuomo Horsma
Erected by / Acquired by: City of Kuhmo, Taivalkoski municipality
Unveiling date: 30.11.1997
Material: Natural stone
Erected in memory of those from Taivalkoski who fell in the wars of 1939–1945.
27 men from Taivalkoski were killed on the Kuhmo front with III/JR 25.
Memorial for the Soviet Troops
Saunajärvi, Niska
Designer/Creator: Obelisk-centre
Erected by / Acquired by: Obelisk-centre
Unveiling date: 7.10.1997
Material: granite, marble
Erected in memory of the Soviet soldiers who fell in the Winter War.
A canopy was added in the summer of 1999.
Veterans’ memorial
Kuhmo centre, park area between Kuhmo Arts Centre and Kontio School
Designer/Creator: Juhani Vepsäläinen, No-Pan Auto machine shop, Kuhmo
Erected by / Acquired by: LC-Kuhmo, LC-Kuhmo Kuhmoniemi
Unveiling date: 6.8.1994
Material: Steel plate, concrete
Text: ”For the Veterans 1939–1944”.  “As a tribute to those who fought in the wars of 1939–1945.”
Paloaho memorial 2019
Saunajärvi Löytövaara, Paloaho
Designer/Creator: Russian Military History Society. Supported by the Northern Russia Military History Foundation and the City of Kuhmo.
Unveiling date: 24.5.2019
Material: Concrete, metal
Text: ”In memory of the soldiers of the 9th Ski Battalion, founded in Arkhangelsk in 1939.”
Below in Russian: ”Памяти солдат 9 Отдельного лыжного батальона, сформированного в городe  Архангельске в 1939 году.”
Erected in memory of the Soviet soldiers who fell in the Winter War.
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