It's time to continue our borderless village video series. In this video, we get to know the villages of Kuusamo that were forcibly ceded to the Soviet Union through old photographs. I have changed the photos in the video into color images using image processing programs. Next are the last Lapland municipalities, Salla and Petsamo, that partially or completely remained behind the border. The villages of the ceded area of ​​Kuusamo that remained behind the current border were Enojärvi, Kenttijärvi, Paanajärvi, Pukari, Tavajärvi and Vatajärvi located mainly in Paanajärvi and the Tavajärvi area. About 2,100 inhabitants of these villages were moved to the west side of the new forced border during and during the Winter War. Looking at old photos of Paanajärvi reminds me of dozens of hiking trips in the landscapes of Kuusamo's Karhunkierros on the banks of Oulankajoki and Kitkajoki. Kitkajoki joins Oulankajoki before the border and the waters flow into Paanajärvi behind the border. Kuusamo's landscapes are rugged and beautiful, similar to the fells of Eastern Lapland. Lake Paanajärvi was also a beautiful and rugged hiking and camping terrain before the Soviet Union and Stalin decided to forcibly take it from Finland. p.s. Paanajärvi has always been a part of Finland, it was never actually owned by the Russians before, although there have been people who moved to Russia after Finland's independence. The most famous of Finnish artists, the painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela, visited these Selkos of Kuusamo, which remained behind the current border. Among the works created in Paanajärvi, I would like to mention Paanajärvi shepherd boy, Palokärki and Mäntykoski, which Akseli made during and after his trip to Paanajärvi in ​​the summer of 1892. Landscape photographer IK Inha photographed the beautiful landscapes of Lake Paanajärvi in ​​the summer of 1892, they are really High quality pictures taken in the 19th century. Later, in the first half of the 20th century, Samuli Paulaharju and Sirelius took pictures of Paanajärvi and various villages in Kuusamo. Before the winter war, Aarne and Nancy Pietinen and Uuno Peltoniemi visited the villages of Kuusamo and Paanajärvi in ​​the 1930s, and the photos they took are also good. We get to admire these photographs of deceased photographers in this video. Unfortunately, the number of photos is limited, because all museums, e.g. In the Lapland region, they do not allow their photos to be published. Most of the photos are from the Paanajärvi area, I could only find a few authorized photos from Vatajärvi, Tavajärvi, Enojärvi and Kenttijärvi. In the video, in addition to the previously mentioned, Wikipedia sites have been one of the sources of information. The old black-and-white photos I used in the video have been converted into color photos with image processing programs. A few years ago, we hiked the Kuntivaara route up to the heights. From the top of Vaara, great views of the world beyond the border opened up. Thanks to the beautiful summer day, we could see the Nuorunen fells in the distance, the broad ridges of Ukontunturi, Kivakkatunturi, Vatajärvi and Tavajärvi. Of these, the lakes reminded me of the image of the multi-island old Finnish lakes. #Kuusamo #Salla #Paanajärvi #Tavajärvi #Vatajärvi #Nuorunen #Mäntytunturi #Oulankajoki #Kitkajoki #PohjoisPohjanmaa #Kainuu #lappi #hilomantsi #hiking #hiking #Landscape photography #