Raate Road

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Raate Road is a historically significant road in eastern Finland, best known as the site of a major Winter War battle between Finnish and Soviet forces in 1940.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Raate Road canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
road ⓘ
associatedEvent Soviet invasion of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Winter War
associatedWith Finnish–Soviet military history ⓘ
battleOutcome Finnish victory ⓘ
battleType motti tactics engagement ⓘ
conflictDate January 1940 ⓘ
connects Raate ⓘ
Suomussalmi ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
currentUse public road ⓘ
hasFeature information boards about the Winter War ⓘ
memorial stones ⓘ
outdoor museum exhibits ⓘ
hasMemorial Monument to the Fallen of the Winter War ⓘ
Raate Road Winter War memorial ⓘ
hasNearbyMuseum Winter War Museum in Suomussalmi ⓘ
heritageStatus nationally significant cultural environment of Finland ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Raate Road ⓘ
locatedIn Kainuu region ⓘ
eastern Finland ⓘ
nearBorderWith Russia ⓘ
nearFormerBorderWith Soviet Union ⓘ
notableCommanderFinnishSide Hjalmar Siilasvuo ⓘ
partOf Winter War ⓘ
periodOfSignificance 1939–1940 ⓘ
strategicRole supply route for Soviet forces toward Suomussalmi ⓘ
tourismType war history tourism destination ⓘ
usedBy Finnish Army ⓘ
Soviet 44th Rifle Division ⓘ
linked to: 44th Rifle Division

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Suomussalmi → hasNotableSite → Raate Road ⓘ
Battle of Raate Road → place → Raate Road ⓘ
Raate Road museum → near → Raate Road ⓘ
Raate → hasPart → Raate Road ⓘ
Raate → knownFor → Raate Road ⓘ
Battle of Raate Road → locatedOn → Raate Road ⓘ
subject linked to: Raate