Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
Карело-Финская Советская Социалистическая Республика
Karjalais-suomalainen sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta | |
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.svg) Flag of the Karelo‑Finnish SSR (1940–1953)
 Coat of arms
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| 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 RSFSR under Khrushchev’s revisionist reforms.
History
1940, 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 RSFSR. Karelo-Finnish SSR is an example of "right to self-determination" as the nation was given its own constitution[1], aswell as Representation in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
1941, Karelia was faced with an Imperialist invasion from Finland which was backed by Nazi Germany, They quickly occupied parts of western Karelia, and Concentration camps[2] were built to hold Soviet citizens which consisted of children and elderly as the male and female working age population were either drafted or evacuated.
Culture
Sulo Tuorila ( June 22, 1911 – August 19, 1979) was a Soviet Karelian actor, he was chief director of the Finnish Theatre in Petrozavodsk. [3]
Images
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Tuorila in the play "The Government Inspector" based on the play by N.V. Gogol
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A Soviet music ensemble performing at the 2nd World Festival of Youth and Students in Budapest, 1949.
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German tanks of Panzerabteilung 40 advancing toward the front near Vasonvaara during World War II.
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The Triumf and Saturn cinemas in Karelia during the Soviet period.
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View of Äänislinna (Petrozavodsk) during the Finnish occupation in World War II.
