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| Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic Karjalais-suomalainen sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta Karjalas-Suomelaine sosialistine nevvostotazavaldu Карело-Финская Советская Социалистическая Республика | |
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Motto: Kaikkien maiden proletaarit, liittykää yhteen! "Workers of the world, unite!" | |
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| Capital | Petrozavodsk |
| Common languages | Finnish Karelian Russian |
| Dominant mode of production | Socialism |
The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic was a republic of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1956.
History[edit | edit source]
In 1940, during the Winter War, the Karelian ASSR was turned into a Soviet Socialist Republic.[1] In 1956, it was demoted back into an ASSR.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Rein Taagepera (1999). The Finno-Ugric Republics and the Russian State (p. 109). C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. ISBN 1850652937
- ↑ Gloria Lotha (2019). Karelia. Encyclopedia Britannica.