- This is a very nicely preserved position from the Base XVII and contained quite many concrete defensive structures, which still are in one piece.

- This was also a real jungle and a first place, where I came very close to hurting myself badly. I was walking in the thick bushes, trying to scout my way as I searched for the trench line. Fortunately I happened to look down just in right time, before stepping few meters down. I had found the trench line...

- The books telling about the time of the First World War in Finland, contains quite a many notes about Krepost Sveaborg. The following informal translation is an citing from the book: Diary of a Red Guardsman (Punakaartilaisen Päiväkirja) by Viljo Sohkanen. He joined the Red Guards at the age of seventeen, participated to the battles in the area of Vyborg as a medic and was finally captured in the area of Tikkurila by the advancing Germans and White Guards:

" According to my friend who was removing the locks and aiming devices from the cannons which are located in Viapori fortification, there was a five hundred cannons in total. I wonder if there really was so many cannons there, but then again what reason I have to suspect his talk? And when I try to remember really hard of all those fortified islands of Viapori and I didn't even visit them all and taking in account of the fact that the land front goes in Sipoo, Espoo and Kerava, then I guess that the number does rise quite high. The batteries which are located in Latokartano, Puotinkylä, Herttonäs, Mellunkylä and in Malmi close to the horse-trading area, contains alone over a hundred cannons, with some 10 - 12 inch cannons too "

- There's few interesting things in the above text. First of all the number of five hundred cannons in Krepost Sveaborg is way too high. In total the whole land front contained around 55 batteries, which were armed with two to six cannons. The total amount of cannons which were in Krepost Sveaborg is somewhere around the figure of 200. So the figure of 500 is a "bit" high...

- The second interesting thing which most people likely notice, is the way that the defensive line is outlined there. According to him, the land front went also in Sipoo and Kerava. However this note cannot be rejected immediately, as one has to remember that without a doubt, before the actual Krepost Sveaborg positions, there most likely was also some advance positions, which were suppose to only slow down the enemy a bit before retreating to the concrete defensive positions of Krepost Sveaborg. For a single man during the construction years of the fortification, it most likely has been an impossible job to see, where the actual fortification goes and which areas are just Russian tent villages or advance positions.

- A very good example from the covered Type B machine gun position. The above picture shows the position from the other side.

- Entrance to another position, most likely a covered Type B position this one too, at least judging from the embrasure, which is seen below.

- Moss now camouflages the embrasure even better, than the constructors could have ever hoped for.