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  2. East Karelian uprising - Wikipedia

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    The East Karelian Uprising (Finnish: itäkarjalaisten kansannousu, Karelian: päivännouzu karjalan kanzannouzu) and the Soviet–Finnish conflict 1921–1922 were an attempt by a group of East Karelian separatists supported by Finland to gain independence from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

  3. Soviet partisans in Finland - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish Army organized a special unit called Sau for anti-partisan activities. A partisan brigade was destroyed in Northern Karelia by the Finnish Army in mid-1942. [7] Finnish preparations in the north of the country for partisan activity have later been criticized as lacking.

  4. Finnish military administration in Eastern Karelia - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish military administration in Eastern Karelia was an interim administrative system established in those areas of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (KFSSR) of the Soviet Union which were occupied by the Finnish army during the Continuation War. The military administration was set up on 15 July 1941 and it ended during the ...

  5. Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic was established by the Soviet government on 31 March 1940 by merging the KASSR with the Finnish Democratic Republic.The latter was created in territory ceded by Finland in the Winter War by the Moscow Peace Treaty, namely the Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia, including the cities of Viipuri and Sortavala.

  6. Communist Party of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist ...

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    No. Picture Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office Political party First Secretary 1 Gennady Kupriyanov (1905–1979) 2 April 1940 25 January 1950

  7. Karelian question - Wikipedia

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    Map showing areas ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union; Porkkala was returned to Finland in 1956. The Karelian question or Karelian issue (Finnish: Karjala-kysymys, Swedish: Karelska frågan, Russian: Карельский вопрос) is a dispute in Finnish politics over whether to try to regain control over eastern Karelia and other territories ceded to the Soviet Union in the Winter War ...

  8. Finnish invasion of East Karelia (1941) - Wikipedia

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    Finnish invasion of East Karelia; Part of Continuation War and World War II: Map depicting the Finnish offensive operations in Karelia carried out in the Summer and Autumn of 1941 during the Continuation War. The furthest advance of Finnish units in the Continuation War and borders for both before and after the Winter War are shown.

  9. Viena expedition - Wikipedia

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    In the end, the proposal to join East Karelia to Finland received support in the White Karelian villages around Uhtua. Local Finnish White Guard (Suojeluskunta) militias were formed in over 20 villages in that area. In July, Malm was recalled to Finland and in his place Captain Toivo Kuisma was placed in charge of the Finnish troops. The ...