On September 15, 2023 a solemn celebration of the 211^th anniversary of the establishment of the Finnish Guards Rifle Battalion took place at Santahamina military base in Helsinki.

The Finnish Guards Battalion participated in the Russo-Turkish War, in the Battle near Gorni Dabnik in 1877, in which dozens of Finnish soldiers and officers lost their lives.

Under the sounds of Finnish military brass music, the ceremony was led by the Guards Battalion Commander with the participation of militaries, a representative of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, and members of the Finnish-Bulgarian Friendship Society.