Summa fortified Hawtin Mannerheim Line (22 lbs.) Bashny.Net

Fortified Summakyulya covers srednevyborzhskoe highway and has the greatest concentration of bunkers. Fortified area called Summakyulya (or sum-Hawtin) on the locality and the sum of his court Hawtin, which was located directly at the highway. Today, the village does not exist in the area there is a small sum of gardening. Mass grave of soldiers and commanders of the Red Army who died fighting in the area Amount - Hawtin. Located in the burial of about a mile south of the line of fortifications, close to the highway.

01 Finnish battalion CP Sk16. During the Winter War, the shelter housed the command post of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Infantry Division





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11 names on the grave - the names of the commanders who were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, some posthumously. Just a Soviet-finckuyu war of 1939-1940 were awarded the highest rank of 416 people, 97 of them posthumously awarding 4 were subsequently canceled.



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During the Winter War Party due to its location does not hurt, but was blown up by the summer of 1940. Charge laid in the eastern part of the fortifications knocked part of the outer wall with loopholes (lying in a forest 20 meters from strengthening), jarred internal partitions and knocked half the roof, which landed on the western part.



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December 21, 1939 at 13.15 a direct hit by an artillery shell destroyed dugout 3rd platoon of the 5th Company 15th Infantry Regiment in the amount Mayayoki River area, where the Soviet-Finnish War, fought "company from Kalvola." The dugout was 21 people, 19 of them died in the burning dugout, survived only two that were at the entrance of the dugout and escaped with injuries. At dusk Tapani Day (the day after Christmas), the ruins of the dugout was the funeral of the victims, he was found dug their mass grave and the ruins of birch cross was installed. During the Continuation War the remains of the victims were brought to his native village for burial in the parish cemetery Kalvola.



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DOT Sk5 located right on the west side of the highway, in front of the bunker Sk6. This fortification was built in the 1920s, but was rebuilt in the 1930s. Despite modernization, the DOT has remained small. DOT was severely damaged during a storm in February 1940 and then exploded. Because internal explosion blew off the roof with the DOT, the new device is clearly visible part of the DOT



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The main loophole for gun Maxim survived, but badly damaged a direct hit. During the fighting recess DOT repeatedly fired point-blank, concrete walls and crumble at the edges of the loopholes direct hits.



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View srednevyborzhskoe highway from the bunker Sk5. It was from there, from the south of the advancing RKKA.steny and crumble at the edges of the loopholes direct hits.



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Finnish mass grave, located on the road to Sk10. The inscription on the monument in Finnish, Swedish and Russian: "Field dumping amount. Memory 204 is resting unknown Finnish soldiers who died during the war of 1939-1940. Finnish state. »



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The road to the DOT Sk10.



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Line granite tank obstacles, stretching for many kilometers. There were remnants of barbed wire, but they burned in a forest fire.



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View DOT Sk10 because of obstacles next line.



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DOT Sk10 - one of the so-called "Million" bunkers, with a lot of underground rooms, most of them are to this day in a satisfactory condition. This pillbox is located in about a kilometer to the east of Vyborg highway, which is why it does not get damaged during the fighting - the 100th Infantry Division 7th Army was advancing along the highway and to the west, and the brunt Sk2, Sk5 and Sk6.



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Fighting casemates destroyed, but the rest of the room is more or less intact. DOT has been repeatedly undermined by the war, but serious harm pillbox explosions did not bring.



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Interesting EXPERIMENTAL device. The mine, which was placed in the lift carriage system with a machine gun Maxim. Sentry traveled along the guide up and down and had a counterweight to it could easily be controlled by one or two people. Below - the command post bunker.



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The underground corridor linking the eastern and western casemates, completely collapsed in one place, close to the eastern casemate. The rest of the interior of the bunker well preserved. Also preserved remains of bunks with hooks for clothes and equipment. Charred wooden parts DOT suggests that DOT was burned during the withdrawal of the Finnish garrison.



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DOT Sk2 (№45) originally built in the 1920s and completed in the 1930s. After modernization, strengthening received two casemates flanking fire, the old dungeon fire front was converted into a shelter and is included in the Eastern dungeon. Connect the two casemates underground corridor - the barracks. Despite several explosions carried out by Soviet sappers, the eastern part of the bunker is well preserved - the first explosion crashed through the roof and destroyed part of the interior, and the second explosion destroyed part of the wall with loopholes. This large number of embrasures bunker. One of the interior of the eastern casemate bunker remained completely - from the loopholes can be fired, but that's completely overgrown field of fire. This is one of the few DOT, which were kept in decent form vertical walls - most of the bunker wall explosion knocked out. There is a detailed opisaniezahvata bunker captain Sipovich (HSU).



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Oriental machine gun casemates. Above each porthole is an observation slit. Around the slots are clearly visible traces of bullets, maybe it beat the sniper.



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The exposed part of the explosion of the bunker.



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The break in the roof of the east casemates - the result of undermining the bunker during the assault.



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Samples of the Finnish infantry weapons.



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Samples of Soviet small arms.



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