On the eve of the war, nine information companies were formed in Finland under the headquarters. During the Second World War their numbers ranged from eight to twelve; about 150 photographers served on the front lines. The photographs they took were supposed to provide footage of real battles, as well as material that would be relevant from the point of view of military history and ethnography.
Some of the pictures were published in the press, but most of them remained in the closed archives of the photo department of the main headquarters. Now this legacy is in online archive and is available to the general public.
The Finnish Wartime Photographic Archive has published black-and-white and color photographs of both soldiers on the front line and civilians working in the rear. The website of the photo archive reports:
“You are looking at a unique historical collection of Finnish wartime photographs. The digitized archive contains about 160,000 images from the Second World War, covering the period from the fall of 1939 to the summer of 1945. The pictures show life at the front, caused by explosions of destruction, military industry, evacuation of residents of Finnish Karelia, as well as events and operations at the front ”.
All high-resolution images can be viewed, downloaded, edited and published by specifying the source online archive SA-kuva.
The village of Alakurtti, September 1941.
Soldiers shooting back, 1941.
Submarine, city of Hanko, 1943.
Pechenga, 1942.
The Prince is on Fire, July 1942.
Fire and street fighting. Povenets, July 1942.
Vuoksenlaakso, June 1943.
Anti-aircraft gun "Bofors". Suulayarvi, August 1943.
Aerial surveillance. Lahdenpohja, July 1942.
The picture shows Olavi Paavolainen. August 1942.
Svir, 1943.
Fishing boats on the steep shore of Lake Onega, August 1942.
A passenger car on the bridge in the eastern part of the Syvarille on September 2, 1942.
Karelian village, 1941.
Taking care of weapons during respite, 1944.
Cleanliness in War. Hamekoski, 1941.
Queue for milk, 1944.
Train with the wounded. Vyborg, October 1939.
An injured 13-year-old boy en route to the hospital. Vyborg, 1941.
A kitten in Vyborg, 1941.
Lohaniemi, 1941.
Prisoners' lunch. Vyborg, 1942.
Castle tower, Vyborg 1942.
The word "Talvisota" in Finnish means "Winter War" - an armed conflict between the USSR and Finland in the period November 30, 1939 to March 13, 1940. As a result of the war, the territory of the Karelian Isthmus, with the cities of Vyborg and Sortavala, a number of islands in the Gulf of Finland, part of the Finnish territory with the city of Kuolajärvi, were transferred to the Soviet Union. As a result of territorial changes, the State border of the USSR was established 160 kilometers from Leningrad, which later played an important role in the Great Patriotic War. The war with the Finns turned into big losses for the USSR, despite the superior forces of the Red Army. The general course of hostilities showed a low level of preparedness of the command staff of the Red Army. This material presents photographic moments of "Talvisota" - the most unpopular war Soviet Union and the "Pyrrhic" victory of the Red Army.
1) Soviet soldiers dig a border post on the border with Finland. 
2) November 30, 1939. The Red Army soldiers cross the state border of Finland. 
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4) Wire fences on the defensive positions of the Finns. 
5) Having crossed the state border, the Red Army went on the offensive. 
6) Finnish cuckoo arrows. The term "Cuckoos" occurs in the Soviet military literature (link) in the 1941 editions. "Cuckoo" is a sniper or a soldier armed with a submachine gun, who chose tree branches as a combat position. Shooting in trees took place in the Soviet-Finnish war, but was not a mass phenomenon. Often there were cases when the sniper had to change position, and, sitting on the branches, he was deprived of maneuver and freedom of movement. Also the term "cuckoo" was used by the Finnish war propaganda to suppress the morale of the Red Army. 
7) Finnish arrows. Immediately striking is the difference in the uniforms of the Finns and Soviet soldiers. If the representatives of the country of Suomi were equipped in white camouflage coats, which allowed them to completely dissolve in the local landscapes, then the Red Army men were dressed in greatcoats, earflaps, "Buddeno", which made them vulnerable to Finnish snipers, especially against the background of white snow. 
8) The defeated convoy of the Red Army convoy. 
9) President of Finland Kyyosti Kallio in the position of the machine gun crew of the 7.62 mm anti-aircraft machine gun ITKK 31 VKT. 
10) Another feature of the organization of the Finnish army formations is the mobile units of skiers. In the prevailing meteorological conditions, ski training played a decisive role in maneuvering and moving troops. 
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12) The defensive positions of the Finns. 
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14) Finnish soldier with a Lahti-Saloranta M-26 light machine gun. Subsequently, the Finns preferred to use the Soviet Degtyarev machine gun. 
15) Finnish crew of the Austro-Hungarian machine gun Schwarzlose. 
16) Swedish volunteer in the Finnish army in a combat position. Wearing a balaclava was distinguished by a dual phenomenon - on the one hand, it saved from the cold, on the other hand, when it was worn for a long time due to the air exhaled by a soldier in conditions of thirty-degree frost, ice crusts formed on the woolen surface. 
17) The Red Army men are preparing to go on the attack in the Vyborg area. 
18) Finns at the captured Soviet flamethrower tank HT-26. 
19) A Finnish soldier examines a defeated convoy of Red Army vehicles. 
20) Soviet prisoners of war captured at Suomussalmi in December 1939. The 44th and 163rd divisions of the Red Army were surrounded by Finnish units in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Raaten road and the village of Suomussalmi. 
21) Prisoners of the Red Army. 
22) Looking at the photographs of suppressed Soviet soldiers, you begin to understand why the topic of the Finnish war was unpopular in the USSR. 
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25) The numb bodies of the Red Army. In January 1940, the temperature dropped to -35 degrees Celsius. 
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30) The Finns put a wounded colleague on a dog sled. 
31) For a long time in the spring of 1940, when the snow began to melt, locals found the decomposing bodies of Soviet military personnel. 
32) It is difficult to say something in this particular case. In war, there is a priori lack of morality and any values. That's what it is about the war ... The frozen corpse of a Soviet soldier was used by the Finns as a road sign. 
33) The Finns inspect the killed Red Army soldiers. 
34) Suomussalmi. The harsh irony of the war ... Finnish soldiers pose next to the body of a frozen Red Army soldier. 
35) Finns lift the numb body soviet officer.
36) Finnish propaganda and ideological structures did not miss the opportunity to use moral and psychological pressure on the suppressed Red Army soldiers as a result of the defeat of the two Soviet divisions near Suomussalmi. On the front line similar leaflets were thrown towards the Soviet positions. 
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38) Symbol of Finnish "cuckoos" Simo "Valkoinen Kuolema" (white death) Häyhä. 
39) Simo Häyhä is one of the most effective snipers - aces. He shot 542 Red Army soldiers with an M / 28 rifle ("pyustukorva"). About 200 more soldiers and officers were shot by Häyhä with a submachine gun. Simo was short (meter fifty-two). This allowed him to disguise well. A distinctive feature of his sniper tactics was the use of an open sight. He rejected the optical sight due to glare in the sun from the glasses, which could give out his location. In March 1940, Häyhä was wounded by a bullet in the cheekbone and finished military service... At home, he was a cult historical figure with the status of a national hero. 
40) Simo Häyhä after being wounded. 
41) Nevertheless, despite significant losses, the Red Army broke through the famous "Mannerheim Line" and began an offensive along the entire front on February 11, 1940. 
42) The height taken by parts of the Red Army. 
43) Finnish prisoners of war. 
44) The killed Finns in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Karelian Isthmus. 
45) The Red Army captured battle banner Shutskor - the Finnish security corps. 
46) Red Army soldiers with a flag on a taken pillbox in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Karelian Isthmus. The war with Finland ended on March 12, 1940. 
Therefore, I decided to publish several dozen Soviet military photographs, many of which have never been published before.
Red Army units crossing the Finnish border near the village of Hautavaara. The village of Hautavaara was located in the Suojärvi region and was occupied by the Red Army on the first day of the Soviet-Finnish war. Due to the proximity to the border, the Finns did not have time to evacuate all the villagers in advance (at the time of the arrival of the Soviet units, there were more than 220 residents in the village). In the background is a photo of a column of light artillery tractors T-20 "Komsomolets"
The original caption of the photograph is "The First Prisoner". This Finnish soldier may not have been the very first, but he really was among the "first" - the picture dates from the very first day of hostilities in the Soviet-Finnish war.
Karelian Isthmus, zone of action of the 7th Army, the specific area is unknown. The old bandages on the necks of our fighters are drawstring hoods from the winter camouflage suit. The fighters took off their white coarse calico robes (hoodie), and the hoods remained on the neck. Immediately behind the captured Finn is a Soviet officer - this is indicated by the officer's whistle in the case attached to the harness of the harness.
The original caption of the photograph: "One of the killed White Finns in the Summa-yoki region, December 1939".
It is most likely that the photograph shows one of the soldiers killed during the Finnish counteroffensive on December 23, 1939. After the first unsuccessful attempts by the 7th soviet army break through the Mannerheim line, the Finnish command planned a counterstrike in order to encircle parts of the 50th rifle corps 7th Army.
The counteroffensive was attended by the main forces of the 1st and 4th Infantry Divisions of the 2nd Army Corps of the Finnish Army, as well as the 6th Infantry Division attached to them from the reserve. The Finnish units were commanded by Lieutenant General Harald Equist, commander of the 2nd corps.
The Finnish counter-offensive began in the early morning of December 23 and ended in complete failure the same day. The main reason for the failure was the mistakes of the Finnish command when planning and conducting a counteroffensive, in terms of overestimating the capabilities of their own troops, a clear underestimation of the combat capability and number of Soviet units, the introduction of units of the 2nd corps into battle at different times and in small units (mainly by forces from a company to a battalion ), lack of artillery support (to "ensure surprise"), air superiority soviet aviation... Finnish units, being brought into battle in parts, having only heavy machine guns as heavy weapons and means of support, came across dense combat formations of units of the 50th Rifle Corps and suffered serious losses from Soviet artillery fire. In the same place where the Finns still managed to penetrate shallowly into our defenses, they were counterattacked by tankmen of the 40th tank brigade and the tank battalion of the 90th rifle division.
This offensive cost the units of the 2nd Army Corps dearly - on that day, the Finnish losses amounted to 1,328 soldiers and officers, of which 361 were killed, 777 were wounded and 190 were missing. In Finnish military history, this counter-offensive is called holmo tolvays, which can be translated as "senseless banging of the head against the wall."
According to the crater on the right side of the image, the Finnish soldier was killed by a hand grenade or mortar bomb.
Finnish reconnaissance aircraft Fokker C.X. shot down by Soviet fighters.
According to confirmed reports, the Finns lost two Fokker C.X. aircraft in December 1939. The first was shot down on December 19 by the pilots of the 2nd squadron of the 25th IAP, the second - by the pilots of the 1st squadron of the same fighter regiment on December 23. However, in the first case, a Finnish plane fell 20 km south of Vyborg (i.e., on Finnish territory) and Soviet photographers simply could not photograph it in December 1939. But the second "Fokker" (tail number FK-96) from the 2nd link of the 12th squadron (2 / LLv12) of the 1st Finnish Air Force regiment fell into the forest in the Uusikirkko (now Polyany) region on Soviet territory. Therefore, it is most likely that this particular aircraft is in this photo. Both Finnish pilots (flight commander Lieutenant Salo and gunner-radio operator Sergeant Saloranta) were killed. The plane was shot down by an I-16 flight (the leader was the squadron commander of the 1st IAE of the 25th IAP, Captain Kostenko, the wingmen were the squadron commander, senior political instructor Zakharov and flag navigator Lieutenant Avdievich).
The original caption of the photograph: "Captive White Finn". This is not the only photograph of this POW. There are two more pictures in which this Finn raises one hand, as if saying hello, and such pictures were often taken by photographers of the LPO propaganda department in the Gryazovets NKVD camp, where Finnish prisoners of war were kept. Based on this, it can be assumed that the picture was taken not in the frontline zone, but in the Gryazovets prisoner of war camp.
An example of Soviet propaganda during the SFV era is the campaign letter of a group of Finnish prisoners of war. "Without fear, you can surrender to the Red Army" - the inscription in the title of the letter, which was signed by 28 Finnish prisoners of war.
In the propaganda department of the headquarters of the Leningrad Military District, the letter was copied and dropped in the form of leaflets from Soviet aircraft over the Finnish positions. True, in general, soviet propaganda it did not have much success in decomposing the enemy troops, although there were cases of voluntary Finns going over to the side of our troops (even to those Soviet units that were surrounded)
Soviet political instructor talks to a group of captured Finnish soldiers. The photo shows a group of Finnish prisoners of war, filmed in the Gryazovets NKVD camp. The picture was most likely taken in February-March 1940.
During the Winter War in
The Gryazovets camp contained the overwhelming majority of Finnish prisoners of war (according to various sources, from 883 to 1100 people).
These two pictures are the corpses of Finnish soldiers killed in the defense of the fortified area of \u200b\u200bSumma-Hotinen. The battles in the Summa-Hotinen area were distinguished by great ferocity and high losses on both sides. During the retreat, the Finns were not able to evacuate from the battlefield the bodies of all their soldiers who died in the February battles. Returning here in 1941, the Finns searched for and buried the remains of 204 Finnish soldiers and officers in a mass grave. Karelian Isthmus, the zone of operations of the 100th and 138th rifle divisions of the 7th Army of the North-Western Front. In the foreground of the second photo is a German or Austrian M16 steel helmet. These helmets were used in significant numbers by the Finns during the Winter War.
Original caption: "Downed Finnish sniper cuckoo." It means that the Finnish sniper was "knocked down" from the tree. The zone of action of the 7th Army of the Northwestern Front.
The theme of "Finnish cuckoos" is often found in the memoirs of Soviet participants in the Winter War, but modern Finnish and domestic historians do not confirm the use of the tactics of shooting from trees by Finnish snipers. Indeed, according to this picture, it is difficult to assert that the Finn fell from a tree. The pillar behind him is most likely from a wire fence. And the corpse, judging by the numb legs, may have been moved. Although, there were recorded cases of Finns shooting from trees. From the memoirs of V.A. Lisin, political commander of the 14th outpost of the 73rd PO - “... we crossed the border without firing, occupied the Finnish cordon. We were assigned the task of reconnaissance and sabotage work behind enemy lines. They were looking for open "windows", once they fired at us - they lay down, hid. Suddenly a shot, more and more, the Finn's nerves have passed. We examined a pine tree with an arrow and the whole disk of the "tar" was planted in it. Branches and snow could be seen flying, and something heavy fell and hung, not reaching the ground. "Fast forward everyone!" Long red hair came up, an embroidered hat-woman turned out to be. Hanging on a thin silk cord, in a bag - rye biscuits and a flask of milk ... ".
It is indisputable that the Finns climbed trees - I have two pictures taken on the Karelian Isthmus, where a Finnish observer is sitting in a tree, but this is not a sniper. Most likely, the Finns could still use the method of firing sniper fire from trees, but relatively rarely. Also, for snipers, Soviet fighters could take Finnish reconnaissance observers and spotters of artillery fire, who quite often used trees to observe the terrain and adjust artillery fire on Soviet troops.
The Finnish 37 mm Bofors anti-tank gun on the Mannerheim Line destroyed by a direct hit. This 37 mm anti-tank gun was developed by the Swedish company Bofors in 1932. It was actively exported before the outbreak of World War II. In the Finnish army it received the designation 37 PstK / 36 and after the purchase of a license, it was produced in Finland.
Judging by the picture, the Finnish crew received a direct hit from a 45-mm Soviet tank or anti-tank gun.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Parade of Finnish troops in Vyborg on August 31, 1941
Vyborg became part of the USSR in 1940 as a result of the Soviet-Finnish war. According to the terms of the Moscow Peace Treaty, most of the Vyborg province of Finland, including Vyborg and the entire Karelian Isthmus, as well as a number of other territories, were transferred to the USSR. Finnish units left the city on March 14, 1940. The Finnish population of the city was evacuated to Finland. On March 31, 1940, the USSR Law was adopted on the transfer of most of the territories received from Finland to the Karelo-Finnish SSR. As part of this republic, on July 9, 1940, Vyborg was designated the center of the Vyborg (Viipur) region.
On August 29, 1941, under the onslaught of the advancing 4th Army Corps of Finland, units of the Red Army left the city of Vyborg, retreating to Leningrad, having mined a large number of buildings with BEMI radio bombs. Fortunately for the city's architecture, only a few of them managed to explode, while most of them were cleared of mines.
Three years later, the Finnish army retreated from the Karelian Isthmus, Finnish citizens were again evacuated to the interior regions of Finland, on June 20, 1944, units of the Soviet 21st Army of the Leningrad Front entered Vyborg.
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Parade in Vyborg in front of the monument to Torgils Knutsson, he is considered the founder of the city. In the middle is Lieutenant General Lennart Karl Ash. Colonel Aladar Paasonen wears a helmet on the left.
At the end of August 1941, the IV Corps of the Finnish Defense Forces under the command of Lieutenant General Lennart Esch surrounded units of three Soviet rifle divisions (43rd, 115th and 123rd) south of Vyborg. Part of the troops managed to get out of the ring, abandoning heavy equipment, and the rest began to surrender on September 1, 1941. The Finns took 9,325 prisoners. About 7,500 Soviet soldiers died on the battlefields then, the Finns lost about 3,000 people in the course of this operation.
In 1927, construction began on the first hydroelectric power station of the Svir cascade - Nizhnesvirskaya. In 1936, Nizhnesvirskaya HPP was put into commercial operation with a capacity of 96 MW. During the Great Patriotic War the dam of the Nizhnesvirskaya hydroelectric power station was blown up by the retreating Soviet troops. On September 13, 1941, Finnish troops came to the hydroelectric power station. They did not manage to evacuate the equipment of the hydroelectric power station, then it was restored. For more than 2 years, Nizhnesvirskaya hydroelectric power station was located on the front line between the Soviet and Finnish troops and was badly destroyed. In 1944, the restoration of the station began, which ended in 1948.
After the completion of the construction of the Nizhnesvirskaya HPP, in 1938, construction began on the Verkhnesvirskaya HPP - the last hydroelectric power plant provided for by the GOELRO plan. Construction was carried out by prisoners under the control of the NKVD. By 1941, a foundation pit was dug for the building of the hydroelectric power station, and concrete work began. During the war, the territory of the hydroelectric power station was occupied and the foundation pit was flooded. In 1948 the construction of the Verkhnesvirskaya HPP was resumed. In 1952 the station was put into commercial operation.
Soviet tank T-28 from the 91st tank battalion of the 20th heavy tank brigade, knocked out during the December battles of 1939 on the Karelian Isthmus near the height of 65.5. A convoy of Soviet trucks is moving in the background. February 1940.
A captured Soviet T-28 tank repaired by the Finns is sent to the rear, January 1940.
A vehicle from the 20th Kirov Heavy Tank Brigade. According to information about the losses of T-28 tanks of the 20th heavy tank brigade, 2 T-28 tanks were captured by the enemy during the Soviet-Finnish war. By characteristic features in the photo there is a T-28 tank with an L-10 cannon produced in the first half of 1939 
Finnish tankers take out a captured Soviet T-28 tank to the rear. A vehicle from the 20th Kirov Heavy Tank Brigade, January 1940.
According to information about the losses of T-28 tanks of the 20th heavy tank brigade, 2 T-28 tanks were captured by the enemy during the Soviet-Finnish war. According to the characteristic features in the photo, a T-28 tank with an L-10 cannon produced in the first half of 1939. 
A Finnish tanker is photographed standing next to a captured Soviet T-28 tank. The vehicle is numbered R-48. This vehicle is one of two captured by the Finnish forces in December 1939. soviet tanks T-28 from the 20th Kirov Heavy Tank Brigade. According to the characteristic features in the photo, the T-28 tank of the 1939 release with the L-10 cannon and brackets for the handrail antenna. Varkaus, Finland, March 1940.
A burning house after the bombing of the Finnish port city of Turku by Soviet aircraft in southwestern Finland on December 27, 1939. 
Medium tanks T-28 from the 20th heavy tank brigade before entering combat operation... Karelian Isthmus, February 1940.
In the presence of the 20th heavy tank brigade at the beginning of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, there were 105 T-28 tanks. 
A column of T-28 tanks from the 90th tank battalion of the 20th heavy tank brigade moves to the line of attack. The area of \u200b\u200bheight 65.5 on the Karelian Isthmus, February 1940.
The lead vehicle (produced in the second half of 1939) has a whip antenna, improved armor for the periscopes and a box for smoke outlet devices with sloped sides. 
Red Army prisoners captured by the Finns in the winter of 1940. Finland, January 16, 1940. 
The T-26 tank is dragging a sled with a landing party. 
Soviet commanders near the tent. 
A captured wounded Red Army soldier awaits delivery to the hospital. Sortavala, Finland, December 1939.
A group of captured Red Army men of the 44th Infantry Division. Finland, December 1939.
Red Army soldiers of the 44th rifle division frozen in a trench. Finland, December 1939.
Formation of soldiers and commanders of the 123rd Infantry Division on the march after the fighting on the Karelian Isthmus. 1940 year.
The division took part in the Soviet-Finnish war, operating on the Karelian Isthmus as part of the 7th Army. She especially distinguished herself on 02/11/1940 during the breakthrough of the Mannerheim Line, for which she was awarded the Order of Lenin. 26 fighters and division commanders received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Finnish artillerymen of the coastal battery at Cape Mustaniemi (translated from Finnish "Black Cape") in Lake Ladoga at the 152-mm Kane cannon. 1939 year.
antiaircraft gun
A Soviet wounded man in the hospital is lying on a plastering table made from improvised means. 1940 year.
Light tank T-26 in the classroom to overcome anti-tank obstacles. Fascines are laid on the wing to overcome the ditches. By characteristic features, the car was produced in 1935. Karelian Isthmus, February 1940.
View of the destroyed street in Vyborg. 1940 year.
The building in the foreground is st. Vyborgskaya, 15. 
A Finnish skier is carrying a Schwarzlose machine gun on a sleigh. 
The bodies of Soviet soldiers by the road on the Karelian Isthmus.
Two Finns at a destroyed house in the town of Rovaniemi. 1940 year. 
A Finnish skier accompanies a dog sled. 
Finnish crew of the Schwarzlose machine gun in position in the vicinity of the town of Salla. 1939 year. 
Finnish soldier sits at the dog sled. 
Four Finns on the roof of a hospital damaged by a Soviet air raid. 1940 year. 
A sculpture by Finnish writer Aleksis Kivi in \u200b\u200bHelsinki with an unfinished shrapnel box, February 1940. 
The commander of the Soviet submarine S-1 Hero of the Soviet Union Lieutenant-Commander Alexander Vladimirovich Trypolsky (1902-1949) at the periscope, February 1940. 
Soviet submarine S-1 at the pier in the port of Libava. 1940 year. 
The commander of the Finnish army of the Karelian Isthmus (Kannaksen Armeija), Lieutenant General Hugo Osterman (Hugo Viktor Österman, 1892-1975, sitting at the table) and the chief of staff, Major General Kustaa Tapola (Kustaa Anders Tapola, 1895 - 1971) at headquarters. 1939.
The Army of the Karelian Isthmus is a unit of Finnish troops located on the Karelian Isthmus during the Soviet-Finnish war and consisted of the II corps (4 divisions and a cavalry brigade) and the III corps (2 divisions).
Hugo Osterman in the Finnish army acted as chief inspector of the infantry (1928-1933) and commander-in-chief (1933-1939). After the Red Army broke through the Mannerheim line, he was removed from the post of commander of the Karelian Isthmus army (February 10, 1940) and returned to work as an inspector of the Finnish army. Since February 1944 - a representative of the Finnish army at the headquarters of the Wehrmacht. Dismissed in December 1945. From 1946 to 1960 - Managing Director of a Finnish energy company.
Kustaa Anders Tapola later commanded the 5th division of the Finnish army (1942-1944), was chief of staff of the 6th corps (1944). Retired in 1955. 
President of Finland Kyösti Kallio (1873-1940) at the coaxial 7.62-mm anti-aircraft machine gun ITKK 31 VKT 1939. 
Finnish hospital ward after the Soviet air raid. 1940 year. 
Finnish fire brigade during training in Helsinki, autumn 1939.
Talvisota. 10/28/1939. Palokunnan uusia laitteita Helsingiss 
Finnish pilots and aircraft technicians at the French-made fighter Moran-Saulnier MS.406. Finland, Hollola, 1940.
Soon after the start of the Soviet-Finnish war, the French government handed over 30 Moran-Saulnier MS.406 fighters to the Finns. The photo shows one of these fighters from 1 / LLv-28. The aircraft still has standard French summer camouflage.
Finnish soldiers are carrying a wounded comrade in a dog sled. 1940 year. 
View of the street in Helsinki after the Soviet air raid. November 30, 1939. 
A house in the center of Helsinki, damaged after a Soviet air raid. November 30, 1939. 
Finnish orderlies carry a stretcher with a wounded man outside the tent of a field hospital. 1940 year. 
Finnish soldiers dismantle captured Soviet military equipment. 1940 year. 
Two Soviet soldiers with a Maxim machine gun in the forest on the Mannerheim Line. 1940 year. 
The captured Red Army men enter the house under the escort of Finnish soldiers. 
Three Finnish skiers on the march. 1940 year. 
Finnish medics load a stretcher with a wounded man into an AUTOKORI OY ambulance bus (on a Volvo LV83 / 84 chassis). 1940 year.
A Soviet prisoner captured by the Finns sits on a box. 1939 year. 
Finnish medics treat a wounded knee in a field hospital. 1940 year. 
Soviet SB-2 bombers over Helsinki during one of the air raids on the city on the first day of the Soviet-Finnish war. November 30, 1939. 
Finnish skiers with reindeer and drags at a halt during a retreat. 1940 year. 
A burning house in the Finnish city of Vaasa after a Soviet air raid. 1939 year. 
Finnish soldiers lift the frozen body of a Soviet officer. 1940 year. 
Park "Three Corners" ("Kolmikulman puisto") in Helsinki with dug open slots to shelter the population in the event of an air raid. On the right side of the park there is a sculpture of the goddess "Diana". In this regard, the second name of the park is "Diana Park" ("Dianapuisto"). October 24, 1939. 
Sandbags covering the windows of a house on Sofiankatu Street (Sofiyskaya Street) in Helsinki. In the background you can see Senate Square and Helsinki Cathedral. Autumn 1939.
Helsinki, lokakuussa 1939. 
Squadron commander of the 7th Fighter Aviation Regiment Fyodor Ivanovich Shinkarenko (1913-1994, third from right) with comrades at the I-16 (type 10) at the airfield. December 23, 1939.
In the photo from left to right: junior lieutenant B.S.Kulbatsky, lieutenant P.A.Pokryshev, captain M.M. Kidalinsky, senior lieutenant F.I.Shinkarenko and junior lieutenant M.V. Borisov.
Finnish servicemen lead a horse into a railway carriage, October-November 1939. 
According to the characteristic features in the photo, a T-28 tank with an L-10 cannon from the first half of 1939. This vehicle is one of two Soviet T-28 tanks captured by Finnish troops in December 1939 from the 20th Kirov Heavy Tank Brigade. The vehicle is numbered R-48. The insignia in the form of a swastika began to be applied to Finnish tanks in January 1941.
A Finnish soldier looks at disguised Red Army prisoners. 
Prisoners of the Red Army at the door of a Finnish house after changing clothes (in the previous photo). 
Technicians and pilots of the 13th Air Force Fighter Regiment Baltic Fleet... Below: aircraft technicians - Fedorovs and B. Lisichkin, second row: pilots - Gennady Dmitrievich Tsokolaev, Anatoly Ivanovich Kuznetsov, D. Sharov. Kingisepp, Kotly airfield, 1939-1940 
The crew of the T-26 light tank before the battle.
Nurses take care of wounded Finnish soldiers.
Three Finnish skiers on vacation in a copse. 
Captured Finnish dugout. ...
Red Army men at the grave of a comrade.
Artillery crew of the 203 mm B-4 gun.
Command staff of the headquarters battery.
An artillery crew at their gun at a firing position near the village of Muola.
Finnish fortification.
Destroyed Finnish bunker with an armored dome.
Shattered finnish fortifications UR Mutoranta.
Red Army soldiers at GAZ AA trucks.
Finnish soldiers and officers at the captured Soviet HT-26 flamethrower tank.
Finnish soldiers and officers at the captured Soviet chemical (flamethrower) tank HT-26. January 17, 1940.
On December 20, 1939, the forward units of the 44th division, reinforced by the 312th separate tank battalion, entered the Raat road and began to advance in the direction of Suomussalmi to the rescue of the surrounded 163rd rifle division. On a road 3.5 meters wide, the column stretched for 20 km, on January 7, the division's advance was stopped, its main forces were surrounded.
For the defeat of the division, its commander Vinogradov and chief of staff Volkov were tribunalized and shot in front of the line.
A camouflaged Finnish Dutch-made Fokker D.XXI fighter from Lentolaivue-24 (24th Squadron) at Utti airfield on the second day of the Soviet-Finnish war. December 1, 1939.
The photo was taken even before all D.XXI squadrons were re-equipped with ski gear.
A destroyed Soviet truck and a killed horse from the defeated column of the 44th Infantry Division. Finland, January 17, 1940.
On December 20, 1939, the advance units of the 44th Infantry Division, reinforced by the 312th Separate Tank Battalion, entered the Raat road and began to advance in the direction of Suomussalmi to the rescue of the surrounded 163rd Infantry Division. On a road 3.5 meters wide, the column stretched for 20 km, on January 7, the division's advance was stopped, its main forces were surrounded.
For the defeat of the division, its commander Vinogradov and chief of staff Volkov were tribunalized and shot in front of the line.
The picture shows a burned-out Soviet truck GAZ-AA.
A Finnish soldier reads a newspaper while standing next to captured Soviet 122mm howitzers of the 1910/30 model after the defeat of a column of the 44th Infantry Division. January 17, 1940.
On December 20, 1939, the advance units of the 44th Infantry Division, reinforced by the 312th Separate Tank Battalion, entered the Raat road and began to advance in the direction of Suomussalmi to the rescue of the surrounded 163rd Infantry Division. On a road 3.5 meters wide, the column stretched for 20 km, on January 7, the division's advance was stopped, its main forces were surrounded.
For the defeat of the division, its commander Vinogradov and chief of staff Volkov were given under
A Finnish soldier is watching from a trench. 1939 year.
The Soviet light tank T-26 moves to the battlefield. Fascines are laid on the wing to overcome the ditches. By characteristic features, the car was produced in 1939. Karelian Isthmus, February 1940.
A Finnish air defense soldier, dressed in winter insulated camouflage, looks at the sky through a rangefinder. December 28, 1939.
A Finnish soldier next to a captured Soviet T-28 medium tank, winter 1939-40.
This is one of the T-28 tanks captured by the Finnish troops belonging to the 20th Kirov Heavy Tank Brigade.
The first tank was captured on December 17, 1939 in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Lahda road, after it got into a deep Finnish trench and got stuck. Attempts by the crew to pull out the tank were unsuccessful, after which the crew left the tank. Five of the nine tankers were killed by Finnish soldiers, and the rest were captured. The second vehicle was captured on February 6, 1940 in the same area.
According to the characteristic features in the picture, the T-28 tank with the L-10 cannon produced in the first half of 1939.
A Soviet light tank T-26 is being transported across a bridge built by sappers. Karelian Isthmus, December 1939.
A whip antenna is installed on the roof of the tower, and mounts for a handrail antenna are visible on the sides of the tower. By characteristic features, the car was produced in 1936.
A Finnish soldier and a woman outside a building damaged by a Soviet air raid. 1940 year.
A Finnish soldier stands at the entrance to the bunker on the Mannerheim Line. 1939 year.
Finnish soldiers at the damaged T-26 tank with a mine sweep. 
A Finnish photojournalist examines the film at the remnants of a broken Soviet column. 1940 year.
The Finns at the damaged Soviet heavy tank SMK. 
Finnish tank crews next to Vickers Mk. E, summer 1939.
The picture shows the Vickers Mk. E model B. These modifications of the tanks in service with Finland were armed with 37-mm SA-17 cannons and 8-mm Hotchkiss machine guns removed from Renault FT-17 tanks (Renault FT-17).
At the end of 1939, this weapon was removed and returned to Renault tanks, replaced by 37-mm Bofors cannon model 1936.
A Finnish soldier walks past Soviet trucks from a defeated column of Soviet troops, January 1940.
Finnish soldiers examine the captured Soviet 7.62-mm anti-aircraft machine gun M4 model 1931 on the chassis of a GAZ-AA truck, January 1940.
Residents of Helsinki inspect a car destroyed during a Soviet air raid. 1939 year.
Finnish gunners next to a 37 mm Bofors anti-tank gun (37 PstK / 36 Bofors). These artillery pieces were purchased from England for the Finnish army. 1939 year.
Finnish soldiers inspect Soviet light tanks BT-5 from a broken convoy in the Oulu area. January 1, 1940.
View of a broken Soviet train near the Finnish village of Suomussalmi, January-February 1940.
Hero of the Soviet Union Senior Lieutenant Vladimir Mikhailovich Kurochkin (1913-1941) at the I-16 fighter. 1940 year.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kurochkin was drafted into the Red Army in 1935, in 1937 he graduated from the 2nd military pilot school in the city of Borisoglebsk. Participant in the battles at Lake Khasan. From January 1940 he took part in the Soviet-Finnish war, made 60 sorties as part of the 7th Fighter Aviation Regiment, shot down three Finnish aircraft. For exemplary performance of combat missions of the command, courage, courage and heroism shown in the fight against the White Finns, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 21, 1940, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
He did not return from a combat mission on July 26, 1941.
Soviet light tank T-26 in a ravine near the Kollaanjoki river. December 17, 1939.
Before the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, the Kollasjoki River was located on Finnish territory. Currently in the Suoyarvsky region of Karelia.
Employees of the Finnish paramilitary organization of the guard corps (Suojeluskunta) clearing debris in Helsinki after a Soviet air raid, November 30, 1939.
Correspondent Pekka Tiilikainen interviews Finnish soldiers at the front during the Soviet-Finnish war. 
Finnish war correspondent Pekka Tiilikainen interviews soldiers at the front. 
The Finnish engineering unit is sent to the construction of anti-tank obstacles on the Karelian Isthmus (a section of one of the defense lines of the Mannerheim Line), autumn 1939.
In the foreground, on the cart, there is a granite block, which will be installed as an anti-tank block. 
Rows of Finnish granite anti-tank nadolb on the Karelian Isthmus (a section of one of the defense lines of the Mannerheim Line) in the fall of 1939.
In the foreground, on stands, are two granite blocks prepared for installation. 
Evacuation of Finnish children from the city of Viipuri (now the city of Vyborg in the Leningrad region) to the central regions of the country. Autumn 1939. 
Red Army commanders examine a captured Finnish tank Vickers Mk.E (model F Vickers Mk.E), March 1940.
A vehicle from the 4th armored company, which was founded on 10/12/1939.
On the turret of the tank there is a blue stripe - the original version of the identification marks of Finnish armored vehicles.
The crew of the Soviet 203-mm howitzer B-4 shells the Finnish fortifications. December 2, 1939. 
A Finnish tanker next to a captured Soviet artillery tractor A-20 "Komsomolets" in Varkaus, March 1940.
Registration number R-437. An early 1937 machine with a faceted protrusion of a rifle mount. The Central Armored Vehicle Repair Shop (Panssarikeskuskorjaamo) was located in Varkaus.
On captured T-20 tractors (about 200 units were captured), the Finns cut the front end of the fenders at an angle. Probably in order to reduce the possibility of its deformation against obstacles. Two tractors with similar modifications are still in Finland, in the Suomenlinna War Museum in Helsinki and the Armor Museum in Parola.
Hero of the Soviet Union, platoon commander of the 7th pontoon-bridge battalion of the 7th army, junior lieutenant Pavel Vasilyevich Usov (right) unloads a mine.
Pavel Usov is the first Hero of the Soviet Union from the military personnel of the pontoon units. He was awarded the title of Hero for ferrying his troops across the Taipalen-Yoki River on December 6, 1939 - on a pontoon in three voyages, he ferried an infantry landing, which allowed him to seize the bridgehead.
He died on November 25, 1942 near the village of Khlepen, Kalinin Region, while carrying out a mission.
A division of Finnish skiers is moving on the ice of a frozen lake.
Finnish French-made fighter Moran-Saulnier MS.406 takes off from Hollola airfield. The picture was taken on the last day of the Soviet-Finnish war - 03/13/1940.
The fighter is still wearing standard French camouflage.