Russarö on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Russarö is an island south of Finnish Meteorological Institute: Paikallissään asemakuvaukset (in Finnish)
/ref>
Helsingin Sanomat: Risteilyllä Russarön linnakkeeseen
Hanko Finnish islands in the Baltic Islands of Uusimaa {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub
Russarö is an island south of Hanko Hanko may refer to
People
*August Hanko (military personnel), August Hanko, German First World War flying ace
Places
*Hanko, Finland, town and municipality
*Hanko Peninsula, Finland
*Hankø, an island in the Oslo Fjord in Norway
*The asteroid ...
. The island is closed to the public as it is military area of the Finnish Defence Forces
The Finnish Defence Forces ( fi, Puolustusvoimat, sv, Försvarsmakten) are the military of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime the Finnish Border Guard (whic ...
. The island hosts the five-storey Russarö Lighthouse built in 1863 and a Finnish Meteorological Institute
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI; fi, Ilmatieteen laitos; sv, Meteorologiska institutet) is the government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland. It is a part of the Ministry of Transport ...
weather station
A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for measuring atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate. The measurements taken include tempera ...
./ref>
December 1939
On 1 December 1939, the Sovietlight cruiser
A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck. Prior to th ...
, accompanied by the destroyers and , approached the fortified coastal artillery
Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.
From the Middle Ages until World War II, coastal artillery and naval artillery in the form of ...
battery located on the island. After a short exchange of fire, ''Stremitelny'' and ''Kirov'' were hit and the ships withdrew. Aboard the ''Kirov'', 17 men were killed and 30 wounded.
References
External links
Helsingin Sanomat: Risteilyllä Russarön linnakkeeseen
Hanko Finnish islands in the Baltic Islands of Uusimaa {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub