The Finns quickly buried the Soviet dead as the weather warmed during the early spring to reduce the risk of epidemics. Mass graves were marked on maps and were mounted with a cross or a pole. Later, the maps disappeared. Around Easter, the Soviets made a request that they would like to gather the dead and take them back home. The Finns did not allow Soviet Army officials to cross the border but delivered 300 bodies from near the village of Raate to Soviet officials. After the Continuation War, the Soviets lost interest in their deceased. The Red Army occupied the Raate Road shortly and gathered wartime debris but left the bodies alone. The fate of the Soviet 44th Division remained unmentioned in Soviet historiography for decades.