Taipaleenjoki river

E269640

river

Taipaleenjoki river is a waterway in the Karelian Isthmus region of present-day Russia, historically significant as the site of major battles during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

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Label	Occurrences
Taipaleenjoki river canonical	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
belligerentSide	Finland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
conflict	Winter War ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
etymology	"Taipale" meaning portage or passage in Finnish ⓘ "joki" meaning river in Finnish ⓘ
flowsInto	Lake Ladoga ⓘ
frontLineSector	Taipale sector ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	Finnish military history ⓘ Soviet–Finnish relations ⓘ
historicalCountry	Finland ⓘ
historicalRegion	Karelia ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Taipale ⓘ Eastern Front of the Winter War ⓘ surface form: Winter War battles
languageOfName	Finnish ⓘ
locatedIn	Karelian Isthmus ⓘ Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
locatedNear	Taipale ⓘ surface form: Taipale village
mouthOf	Lake Ladoga ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II (broad theater context) Vuoksi river basin ⓘ
region	northwestern Russia ⓘ
strategicRole	axis of Soviet offensive on Karelian Isthmus ⓘ defensive line for Finnish forces ⓘ
terrainFeature	water obstacle ⓘ
timePeriod	1939–1940 ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ military defense ⓘ transportation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taipale → locatedOn → Taipaleenjoki river ⓘ