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artist Frans Sjöström (1840 - 1885)
 
sculpture Gornij Dubnjakin taistelun muistomerkki/ Memorial commemorating the battle of Gornyi Dubnyak  
map Courtyard of the Defense Forces, General Headquarters, Kaartinkaupunki  
year 1881  
images 1  
The Battle of Gornyi Dubnyak took place during the 1877—1878 war between Russia and Turkey. Men from the Finnish Guard Battalion took part in the fighting. In October 1877, 24 Finnish soldiers were killed and 99 wounded capturing the fortress at Gornyi Dubnyak in what is present-day Bulgaria. The names of the fallen Finnish soldiers are inscribed in the memorial.

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