Suomussalmi

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municipality municipality of Finland populated place

Suomussalmi is a sparsely populated municipality in northeastern Finland, historically notable as the site of a major World War II battle during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Suomussalmi canonical 13
Municipal council of Suomussalmi 1
Raate Road memorial in Suomussalmi 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
municipality of Finland ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
battleDateRange 1939-12 to 1940-01 ⓘ
combatantsInvolved Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
conflictOccurredHere Battle of Suomussalmi ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
governingBody Suomussalmi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Municipal council of Suomussalmi
hasBorder Hyrynsalmi ⓘ
Kuhmo ⓘ
Kuusamo ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
surface form: Puolanka

Russian Republic of Karelia ⓘ
Taivalkoski ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Kainuu ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic low population density ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasLandscapeType boreal forest ⓘ
lakes and wetlands ⓘ
hasMunicipalSeat Ämmänsaari ⓘ
hasNotableArtInstallation Silent People (Hiljainen kansa) ⓘ
hasNotableSite Hossa National Park ⓘ
Raate Road ⓘ
Raate Road museum ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
surface form: Winter War exhibition
hasOfficialLanguage Finnish ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Hossa National Park ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Silent People (Hiljainen kansa) ⓘ
hasWarMemorial Battle of Suomussalmi memorials ⓘ
Winter War memorials ⓘ
historicallyNotableFor Battle of Suomussalmi ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
surface form: Winter War battles
isSparselyPopulated true ⓘ
locatedBy Lake Kiantajärvi ⓘ
Lake Vuokkijärvi ⓘ
locatedIn Kainuu ⓘ
northeastern Finland ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalProvince Oulu Province (historical) ⓘ
locatedNear Russian border ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
partOf Region of Kainuu ⓘ
resultOfBattle Finnish victory ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
traversedBy European route E63 ⓘ
Highway 5 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Battle of Suomussalmi → location → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Suomussalmi → governingBody → Suomussalmi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Municipal council of Suomussalmi
44th Rifle Division → locationOfBattle → Suomussalmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suomussalmi, Finland
9th Division (Finland) → operatedIn → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Battle of Raate Road → memorial → Suomussalmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raate Road memorial in Suomussalmi
Eastern Front of the Winter War → hasPart → Suomussalmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suomussalmi–Raate Road area
Kainuu → containsMunicipality → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Region of Kainuu → contains → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Ämmänsaari → locatedIn → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Ämmänsaari → hasMunicipality → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Ämmänsaari → partOf → Suomussalmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suomussalmi municipality
Raate Road museum → locatedIn → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Silent People (Hiljainen kansa) → locatedIn → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Silent People (Hiljainen kansa) → hasMunicipality → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Lake Vuokkijärvi → locatedNear → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Lake Vuokkijärvi → locatedIn → Suomussalmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suomussalmi, Kainuu, Finland
Hossa National Park → nearestMunicipality → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Raate Road → connects → Suomussalmi ⓘ
Red Army units operating near Suomussalmi → location → Suomussalmi ⓘ