Frans Sjöström: Memorial commemorating the battle of Gornyi Dubnyak, 1881. © Photo: HAM Helsinki Art Museum Memorial commemorating the battle of Gornyi Dubnyak Artist Frans Sjöström , Helsinki The Battle of Gornyi Dubnyak took place during the 1877-1878 war between Russia and Turkey. Men from the Finnish Guard Battalion took part in the fighting. In October 1877, 24 Finnish soldiers were killed and 99 wounded capturing the fortress at Gornyi Dubnyak in what is present-day Bulgaria. The names of the fallen Finnish soldiers are inscribed in the memorial. The memorial doesn’t belong to the City of Helsinki’s art collection, which is managed by HAM. Read more.. At map
