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Seitajärvi ( ''seita'': a
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sacred place + ''järvi'': lake) was a community located in the
Savukoski Savukoski ( sme, Suovvaguoika, smn, Suovâkuoškâ, sms, Suõvvkuõškk) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The p ...
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of
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. In 1940 the Seitajärvi community included five farming and
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enterprises. On July 7, 1944, Seitajärvi suffered a devastating attack ( fi) by
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. Many families of this community relocated to
Kittilä Kittilä ( se, Gihttel, smn, Kittâl, sms, Kihttel) is a municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort. It is located in northern Finland north of the Arctic Circle within the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of () and ...
in northwest Lapland and nowadays the Seitajärvi people have no standing settlements.


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* Soviet war crimes#Finland *
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, set in World War II Lapland Former populated places in Finland Savukoski Geography of Lapland (Finland) {{Finland-geo-stub