Petsamo-Kirkenes operation about the project Sources and maps Red snow RUS NOR LIBERATION OF EAST FINNMARK IN 1944 Petsamo-Kirkenes operation Materials of the traveling exhibition of the joint Russian-Norwegian project “Memorial Expedition 1944–2014. " The operation to liberate the Arctic from the German invaders, which went down in Russian military history as Petsamo-Kirkenes, is considered one of fifty operations of strategic importance during the Great Patriotic War. She not only completed the expulsion of the occupiers from the territory of the USSR, but also significantly influenced the balance of power in Europe and, especially, in its northern part. Commanders Powered by Tilda Publishing