Mother-Karelia monument (Lappeenranta)

Finland / Etela-Karjala / Lappeenranta
 Second World War 1939-1945, monument

The monument "Mother Karelia to survivors, captive, and fallen heroes."

Sculptor Kauko Kalervo Räsänen (born in 1926), architect Jaakko Merenmies, kamenotesnye work Vientikivi Oy. It was erected in 1993. Material: bronze and granite. Height of the sculpture slightly more than 5 m wall of names long is 70 m.

Installed closer to the corner of the war cemetery. Black marble slab with 5500 names of the heroes on three sides of the monument, and junipers for her.
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Coordinates:   61°3'23"N   28°11'23"E
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