Kollaa River

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Kollaa River is a waterway in eastern Finland that became historically significant as the site of intense fighting during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

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Label Occurrences
Kollaa River canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedWith Finnish defensive operations
Soviet offensive operations
belligerent Finland
Soviet Union
borderChanges ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union after World War II
category Winter War
surface form: Battlefields of the Winter War

Rivers of Finland
Rivers of the Republic of Karelia
climate subarctic winter conditions during Winter War
commemoratedBy Finnish military history literature
Finnish war museums
conflict Winter War
country Finland
currentLocation Russia
formerCountry Finland
surface form: Finland (pre–World War II borders)

Grand Duchy of Finland
front Karelian front of the Winter War
hasMemorial war memorials in Finland
historicalSignificance site of major battles in the Winter War
languageOfToponym Finnish
Russian
locatedIn Karelia
Russian Republic of Karelia
surface form: Republic of Karelia

eastern Finland
militaryUnit Finnish 12th Division
Finnish 13th Division
notableBattle Battle of Kollaa
notablePerson Aaro Pajari
Simo Häyhä
partOf Vuoksi river basin
phraseAssociated "Kollaa kestää"
phraseMeaning "Kollaa will hold"
strategicImportance defense of the Karelian Isthmus approaches
terrainType forest
marshland
timePeriod 1939–1940
usedFor defensive line

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

Battle of Kollaa associatedWith Kollaa River
Kollaa front namedAfter Kollaa River