Suojärvi area was a place of battles during the Soviet-Finnish and the Great Patriotic War. Fierce battles took place at altitudes Kollasjärvi. Now this place is the military-memorial complex "Kollasjärvi", located 30 kilometers from Suojarvi on the way to the village Loimola.

The area near the Loimola (Lake District Kollasjärvi) became the object of military operations. Three times in this place bloody battles unfolded in winter 1939 - 1940 years., The summer of 1941 with the onset of the German and Finnish troops in June 1944 during the operation of Soviet troops in the liberation of Karelia. These places - Witnesses persistent courage of Soviet and Finnish troops, who stood to the death and not yield to each other in strength and resistance to the onslaught. Substantial in size, Soviet and Finnish fortifications erected near Lake Kollasjärvi.

Today, it remains only part of the traces of the fighting: trenches, trenches, bunkers, dugouts, dugouts. Evidence of intense battles opponents - many graves and their marks. On the territory is, according to one of 15 graves where lie the remains of the victims of Finnish and Soviet soldiers on the other 60 graves. Part of it is a burial complex consisting of several graves (military graves).

Formation of the complex began in 1942. Forestry Initiative Finland decided to open access to the places of memory "winter battle." Among them was Kollasjärvi, at altitudes where heavy fighting took place.

In the unspoiled and rugged terrain kept deep trenches where the soldiers took cover from the bullets; bunkers - from firing at the enemy; ditches - tanks blocking the road. The remains of these buildings vividly recreate the fierce battles of the time.

His final resting place found in Karelia, Finnish, German and Russian soldiers. Now there are memorials in different languages. Nearby there is a place for flowers and you can light a candle. The Special Commission has made progress in the reburial of Finnish soldiers and set up a sign of the memory of fallen soldiers - 18-meter cross collie, dubbed as "the Mannerheim Cross."

Kollasjärvi - sacred place of Finns today. Loimola visit former combatants and relatives of fallen soldiers Finland Colle. Fighting recreated battle scenes today in the history of the war lovers and participants of military history clubs. Having been on a stage adaptation, unwittingly plunge into the atmosphere of those years, and another begin to look at the course of the war. Communication with veterans of war, gives extraordinary experience.

Local search groups active in the efforts to find the remains of fallen soldiers and their disposal, the collection of evidence of war materials and archives.

History Festival "Karelian Borders" takes place every year in March and is a good tradition of the republic's residents and visitors from abroad. Each year, we gather a lot of people wanting to see the reconstruction of the battles of the Winter War.

Today, the results of years of work of searchers and researchers are available to both residents of Russia, and foreign guests. Fraternal union contacted the soldiers who fought in Finland. Youth Loimola attract the search party. All the finds are stored in the unit a school museum. Planned to create a museum exposition finds volunteer search group Loimola.

The entire complex occupies 3, 1 thousand hectares and to preserve the natural landscape in the vicinity of the protected area created the environment, which includes the land of historical and cultural significance. It planned and carried out a series of measures to ensure a comfortable visit historical sites Loimola tourists. One safety seats hostilities. Just for visiting the Complex guided tours, are settling bus parking, cleared and laid the tracks for pedestrians, as well as the bridges over the river and trenches.

It is also important to provide information - Direction to objects inspection pointers footpaths, information boards and the circuit area located on them historical military constructions. The complex history of the war as an object needs to provide scientific and historical objects of the war, which form it, require reconstruction and beautification.