Winter War Monuments (1939-1940) in the Wild Arctic:

heritage of WWII soviet mass graves in Finnish Lapland

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Keywords:

War memorials, Second World War, Cultural Heritage

Abstract

The article presents the results of research produced on Soviet monuments, fortifications and graves in Finnish territory (region of Lapland), historically constituted since the first phase of the Second World War unfolded in that territory, known as the Winter War (1939-1940). After the World War, Soviet memorials were produced throughout the whole north of Finland, with special emphasis on areas close to the border with Russia, thus creating complex tensions and negotiations related to the memories and forgetfulness of the Soviet war presence in that area. The authors had the opportunity to visit some of these places and interview important figures involved in the constitution of these memorials in the year of 2016, under the auspices of a wider research project on Second World War heritage in its northern European theatre.

Author Biographies

Oula Seitsonen Correio, Paulista State University UNESP

Oula Seitsonen Correio é Professor visitante da Universidade de Oulu, Finlândia, havendo realizado seu doutorado pela Universidade de Helsinki, do mesmo país. É membro da equipe que desenvolve o projeto “Lapland Dark Heritage”, que investiga o patrimônio cultural da Segunda Guerra Mundial no norte da Europa.

Jaisson Teixeira Lino Correio, Paulista State University UNESP

Jaisson Teixeira Lino Correio é Professor Associado da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS). Pós-Doutor em Arqueologia pela Universidade de Amsterdã, Holanda. Doutor em Arqueologia pela Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e AltoDouro, Portugal. Mestre em História pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Especialista em Arqueologia pela Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai (URI). Graduado em História pela Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense. Bolsista Produtividade em Pesquisa do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

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2025-01-13

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Seitsonen Correio, O., & Teixeira Lino Correio, J. (2025). Winter War Monuments (1939-1940) in the Wild Arctic: : heritage of WWII soviet mass graves in Finnish Lapland. Patrimônio E Memória, 19(1), 266–287. Retrieved from http://pem.assis.unesp.br/index.php/pem/article/view/2930

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