Day 5-6/10 of excavating Soviet General Sergei Kabanovs underground command post in Hanko S. Finland.

Last Friday and today and we worked relentlessly with revealing the layout of two of the rooms in the northern part of the underground command post. With very little remaining of the inner walls that once separated the rooms this is a very difficult task indeed.

The first of these two rooms atm seems to be the "Operational or Map Room" of the command post. This is the room that was used to coordinate the battles of the Hanko Front and where a large strategic map of Hanko was found by Swedish volunteers in December 1941. The room was heavily mined with dive bombs by the Soviets but for some resason not detonated. The dive bombs were quickly dismantled by Finnish forces upon discovery in 1941.

Dive bombs on the floor of the "Operational Room" of Sergei Kabanovs underground command post when it was discovered in December 1941. Photo SA-Kuva.

The second room is probably the combined lavatory/bathroom of the construction. Lets hope the original well used toilet stool is still in place ;).

The Lavtory of Sergei Kabanovs underground command post when it was discovered in December 1941. Photo SA-Kuva.

Tomorrow we will be joined by around 50 students from local schools, some 20 of whom will participate in the dig for three full days. This part of the excavation is financed by Thure Galléns Stiftelse, AKTIA Stiftelsen i Hangö and Hangö Sommaruni. Seems like we have some very exiting days ahead!