Porkkalanniemi. Back in the USSR.

After the second world war The Soviet Union demanded the use of the Porkkalanniemi peninsula as a naval base. This small area juts out into the Gulf of Finland and gave control of all naval access to St Petersburg.

Despite being deep within Finnish territory, access to the area was controlled by the Soviet military. Trains however, running along the south coast could still pass through although the windows were boarded up and photography was prohibited.

The area was finally returned to Finnish control eleven years later in 1956.