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Baaah!

A Finnish visitor’s story:

I lived at a farm, where there were animals of all kind. Our house and the yard were big, so this is where all the children in the village gathered to play. During the war we had a Soviet prisoner of war who helped my parents on the farm and in his free time he played with us kids. One day as we were outside playing the prisoner started to run fast towards the forest. We got worried as we thought the prisoner was going to run away! But all of a sudden he turned as he was running and yelled: Baaaah!We realized that he was on his way to get the sheep that was grazing on the edge of the wood. And in a moment he was back with the sheep on a rope.

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Is there a petpark in Degerby?

Yes, we have our very own petpark in the village of Degerby - Lomamäen lemmikkipuisto. Read more about the petpark!

Where did the statues end up?

In 1956 as the Finnish people returned to the leased area of Porkkala an impressive triumphal arc was the first thing they saw on the railway station in Kirkkonummi. Most of them were torn down right away, except for the one in Pikkala, which can still today be found in the forest.

Inside the railway station two statues were left there by the Soviets. They depicted Lenin and Stalin. The statues disappeared quite fast – but the pedestals stood there for quite a long time. What happened to the statues? Where were they moved? If you know something – please tell us!

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80 years since the evacuation of Porkkala

80 years have passed since the Tuesday in September 1944, when the Porkkala inhabitants were told that they had to evacuate! The Porkkala area comprised of almost all of Degerby, a fourth of Siuntio and slightly more than 60 perscent of Kirkkonummi, all of this would turn into a Soviet naval base, from which Helsinki and all of Finland would be conquered.

The evacuation happened and the Porkkala naval base was founded. But already in January 1956 the Soviet base was closed and the Porkkala inhabitants were allowed to move back. This after a hard fight with the Finnish armed forced and the suburb building powers, who wanted to claim the land.

Please visit the Degerby Igor museum in order to take a closer look at our recent history in Porkkala!

Our museum is open on Saturdays from 12-16 during September-November, and always by appointment!

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