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Finnish military administration in Eastern Karelia
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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 of the Soviet Union which were oc
Finns in Petrozavodsk in 1941
Finns in Petrozavodsk in 1941
Prime minister Jukka Rangell (in the middle) also Major General of the Military Administration of East Karelia Johan Arajuuri (right) and lieutenant c
Prime minister Jukka Rangell (in the middle) also Major General of the Military Administration of East Karelia Johan Arajuuri (right) and lieutenant colonel Paloheimo (left), east Karelian village in the summer of 1942.
In 1943, the Finnish Post Office issued its own stamp for the occupation administration of Eastern Karelia.
In 1943, the Finnish Post Office issued its own stamp for the occupation administration of Eastern Karelia.
Greater Finland
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Greater Finland is an irredentist and nationalist idea which aims for the territorial expansion of Finland. It is associated with Pan-Finnicism. The most common concept saw the country as defined by n
Finnish military administration in Eastern Karelia
…the Karelian "kindred people", without success. The Continuation War and belief in a quick German victory over the Soviet Union once again gave rise to Finnish irredentism. The legality of the Finnish claims on Eastern Karelia was justified by both ethno-cultural and military security factors. During the spring of 1941…
An example of Karelianism: The Defense of the Sampo, 1896, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
An example of Karelianism: The Defense of the Sampo, 1896, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
A caricature about the Soviet-Finnish negotiations on the Treaty of Tartu shows the "price" (parts of Karelia) Finland was to pay to gain a corridor t
A caricature about the Soviet-Finnish negotiations on the Treaty of Tartu shows the "price" (parts of Karelia) Finland was to pay to gain a corridor to the Arctic Ocean (Kurikka magazine, 30 September 1920).