Figure 1.--The photo was taken in 1910s in Rantasalmi a town in the Southern Savonia region of Finland. We see the local Pastor Peter Malinen with his family. The boys wear white shirts and kneepants anb=nd are barefoot, which was common during the summer. The girls wear dresses, omne with long braids--a sailor dress. The portrait is not dated, but would have been taken in the mid-1010s just before or during the Russian Revolition. We think all of the women and children are the pastors. Some are surely his grand children. We don't see any of his adult male children. It is likely that they are away in military service. The pastor Malinen died during the independence war. We do not know the circumstances, but pastor's were targeted by the Bolshhevik (Red Guards) who comsidere religion an element of governmental oppression.

The photo was taken in 1910s in Rantasalmi a town in the Southern Savonia region of Finland. We see the local Pastor Peter Malinen with his family. The boys wear white shirts and kneep ants and are barefoot, including the teenagers. This was common in Finland during the short summer season. The girls wear dresses, omne with long braids--a sailor dress. The portrait is not dated, but would have been taken in the mid-1010s just before or during the Russian Revolition. We think all of the women and children are the pastors. Some are surely his grand children. We don't see any of his adult male children. It is likely that they are away in military service. The pastor Malinen died during the independence war. We do not know the circumstances, but pastor's were targeted by the Bolshhevik (Red Guards) who comsidere religion an element of governmental oppression. We have no details about fighting in Rantasalmi. We do know that nearby Mikkeli was the headquarters of the White Army during the Civil War in which the Bolsheviks tried to regain control of breakaway Finland (1918). Mikkeli was a conservative farming area and a White stronghold. A Russian (Bolshevik) garrison in the area supported the Red Guards. An impprtant engagement was fought around the railway station at Mäntyharju, 20 km (12 mi) south of Mikkeli. The Whites forced suceeded in blocked anorther Red thrust from Kouvola.

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