Vuosalmi (now Druzhnoye) is a former village of Finland on the

Karelian Isthmus The Karelian Isthmus (; ; ) is the approximately stretch of land situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva. Its northwestern boundary is a line from the Bay of Vyborg to the we ...

, now in Russia. It is located on the northern shore of the

Vuoksi River The Vuoksi (, historically: "Uzerva"; ; ; ) is a river running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The river enters Lake Ladoga in three branches ...

and served as the location of the

Battle of Vuosalmi The Battle of Vuosalmi (also known as the Battle of Äyräpää-Vuosalmi) – the main bulk of it – lasted from July 4 to July 17, 1944. It was fought during the Continuation War (1941–1944), a part of World War II, between Finland and the So ...

in 1944.Raunio, Ari; Kilin, Juri (2008): ''Jatkosodan Torjuntataisteluita 1942–44''. Keuruu: Otava

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