Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic

Карело-Финская Советская Социалистическая Республика Karjalais-suomalainen sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta
Flag of the Karelo‑Finnish SSR (1940–1953) Coat of arms
Capital	Petrozavodsk
Official languages	Russian, Karelian, Finnish
Government	Soviet Republic
• Establishment	31 March 1940
• Demoted to ASSR	16 July 1956
Area
• Total	(1959) 172,400 km²
Population
• Estimate	(1959) 651,300

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Karelo-Finnish SSR, was a republic in the Soviet Union that existed from 31 March 1940 until 1956, when it was reduced to an autonomous republic within RSFR under Khrushchev’s revisionist reforms.

History

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic was establish after the merging of KASSR alongside the Finnish Democratic Republic into the Soviet Karelia which was separate from RSFR. Karelo-Finnish SSR is an example of "right to self-determination" as the nation was given its own constitution, aswell as Representation in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Culture

Tuorila in the play "The Government Inspector" based on the play by N.V. Gogol

Sulo Tuorila ( June 22, 1911 – August 19, 1979) was a Soviet Karelian actor, he was chief director of the Finnish Theatre in Petrozavodsk.