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  2. Capital punishment in Finland - Wikipedia

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    The official beheading axe of Finland is today on display at Museum of Crime, Vantaa. Some notable lasts: Last person executed in peacetime in Finland: Tahvo Putkonen, 1825, beheaded with axe for murder; Last person hanged in Finland: Taavetti Lukkarinen, 1916, at Oulu. He was hanged for high treason under Czarist Russian martial law.

  3. Finland in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Finnish soldiers raise the flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden, and Finland on 27 April 1945, which marked the end of World War II in Finland.. Finland participated in the Second World War initially in a defensive war against the Soviet Union, followed by another, this time offensive, war against the Soviet Union acting in concert with Nazi Germany and then finally fighting ...

  4. Moscow Armistice - Wikipedia

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    The Moscow Armistice [2] was signed between Finland on one side and the Soviet Union and United Kingdom on the other side on 19 September 1944, ending the Continuation War. The Armistice restored the Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940, with a number of modifications. The final peace treaty between Finland and many of the Allies was signed in Paris in ...

  5. List of wars involving Finland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence on 6 December 1917 ... Russian SFSR Murmansk Legion: Treaty of Tartu: K. J. Ståhlberg ...

  6. Winter War - Wikipedia

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    The Winter War [F 6] was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland.It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940.

  7. Moscow Peace Treaty - Wikipedia

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    The Winter War began on 30 November 1939 with the Soviet invasion of Finland. On 29 January 1940, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov put an end to the puppet Terijoki Government and recognized the Ryti–Tanner government as the legal government of Finland, informing it that the Soviet Union was willing to negotiate peace.

  8. Continuation War - Wikipedia

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    The Continuation War, [f] also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II.It began with a Finnish declaration of war on 25 June 1941 and ended on 19 September 1944 with the Moscow Armistice.

  9. Military history of Finland - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Valkeala in 1790 took place in Valkeala, Finland, between Sweden and the Russian Empire.At the time, Finland was a component of the Swedish Realm. During the several following centuries, a gradual and slow process of Swedish expansion in today's Finland and the consolidation of Sweden took place, not through wars fought between the Finns and the Swedes, but rather by various ...