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Of the 35,000 men who served in the area between 1941 and 1944, 2,750 were killed in action. Their stories, however, live on, preserved at the center.<\/span>\r\n\r\nGuided tours offer the opportunity to explore not only the center but also Rukaj\u00e4rventie and its programs. The Rukaj\u00e4rvi Center features a WiFi caf\u00e9 with services as well as the Raappana Hall with its military history exhibitions.<\/span>","button":null},{"alignment":"right","image":392,"heading":"","text":"Guided tours:<\/b>\r\n\r\nAvailable upon request from Lieksa Tourist Information at <\/span>040 549 5808<\/span> or <\/span>lieksan.oppaat@gmail.com<\/span>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nTicket prices:<\/b>\r\n\r\nAdults \u20ac8, children 7\u201317 years \u20ac3, family ticket \u20ac20, groups \u20ac6\/person (min. 20 people), war veterans and Lotta women free of charge.<\/span>\r\n\r\nTicket sales and inquiries (Lieksa Information Center):\r\n<\/span>013 521 929 or 045 170 8979<\/span>","button":null}],"availability":"","extra":"Opastetut retket:<\/strong>\r\nHaluttaessa Lieksan matkailuoppailta 040 549 5808<\/a> tai lieksan.oppaat@gmail.com<\/a>.\r\n\r\nLippujen hinnat:<\/strong>\r\nAikuiset 8 \u20ac, lapset 7-17v. 3 \u20ac, perhelippu 20 \u20ac, ryhm\u00e4t 6 \u20ac\/hl\u00f6 (v\u00e4h. 20 henkil\u00f6\u00e4), sotaveteraanit ja lotat maksutta.\r\n\r\nLipunmyynti ja tiedustelut (Lieksan Tukipiste):\r\n013 521 929 tai 045 170 8979\r\n\r\nTutustu tarkemmin:<\/strong>\r\nwww.rukajarvikeskus.fi<\/a>\r\nwww.rukajarvensuunnanhistoriayhdistys.fi<\/a>","images":[396,11207,394,392,390,11204]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services\/4090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/service"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services\/4090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11861,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services\/4090\/revisions\/11861"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11204"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11207"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"servicecategory","href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/servicecategories\/44"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"servicecategory","href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/servicecategories\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"servicecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lieksatravel.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/servicecategories?post=4090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}