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Kozliny island

Finland / Kymenlaakso / Virolahti /

Rus.: Остров Козлиный ("Goat island").
Fin.: Pukkio ("Goat").

Little island in Finnish Gulf. In June 1940, after the Winter War, an artillery squadron of the Soviet Baltic Fleet was built here. Battery № 364 included three 203 mm guns and Battery № 274 included four 45 mm guns. The batteries were part of OAD ("Otdelny Artillerijsky Divizion", Separate Artillery Division) № 22.

It was a small part of the "Vyborgsky Ukreplenny Sektor" (Viborg Fortified Sector).
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Coordinates:   60°26'59"N   27°47'8"E

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