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The Finnish Prisoner
''The Finnish Prisoner'' is an opera by Orlando Gough set to an English-language libretto
written by Stephen Plaice who based it on the true story of Finnish prisoners of war incarcerated in England during the Crimean War.〔
==Background==
When the Russian fortress of Bomarsund, in the Åland Islands in the eastern Baltic off the coast of Finland, was destroyed during the Crimean War, many hundreds of prisoners were taken, some 340 of whom were taken to Lewes, in Sussex, England. While the officers were Russian, the men were mostly Finnish conscripts – Finland was part of the Russian Empire at the time. The officers were housed with local families, allowed complete freedom of movement, and integrated themselves into local society. The men, confined in the Naval Prison, were given facilities to produce wooden toys for sale to the public. The prison, which was open to visitors, became a major tourist attraction, and both the toys and their makers were hugely popular with locals and tourists alike. When peace was concluded, and the time came for the prisoners to return home, the commanding officer addressed the townsfolk in gratitude for their hospitality.〔
While in captivity, 28 prisoners had died of disease, and in 1877 Tsar Alexander II of Russia arranged for a monument to be erected in their memory, which still stands in the churchyard of St John sub Castro, near the site of the Naval Prison.〔〔 〕 A popular Finnish folk-song, ''Oolannin sota'' (Crimean War), evolved from the earlier ''Ålandin sota laulu'' (Åland war song) which tells of their capture and imprisonment in Lewes and is thought to have been written by one of the Lewes prisoners during his internment.
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