Ladoga seal activities. The Ladoga seal is listed as an Appendix II species under the Bern Convention and also included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation. Ladoga seal The Ladoga ringed seal (; Pusa hispida ladogensis), is a freshwater subspecies of the ringed seal ("Pusa hispida") which are found entirely in Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The subspecies evolved during the last ice age, about 11,000 years ago. As the glaciers retreated and water levels changed, the Baltic ringed seal (including Ladoga seals) was trapped in freshwater lakes and separated from the Arctic ringed seal. It is related to
Finnish Ladoga Naval Detachment of the vessels were later integrated in the Soviet Ladoga flotilla. Listing (not necessarily exhaustive) of wartime vessels and their armament When Finnish forces in the Continuation War reached lake Ladoga in 1941, they found the Soviets had evacuated nearly every serviceable vessel to the southern shore of the lake. On 22 September 1941 the Finns captured a Soviet transport vessel (formerly Latvian coastal transport "Ilga") which was pressed into service as the transport vessel "Aunus". Other vessels available were small armed fishing boats, like 15 ton "Kukkapää". Initial Finnish naval assets however consisted of small motor boats which had