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
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 to the Arctic Ocean (Kurikka magazine, 30 September 1920).
The Karelian question or Karelian issue is a dispute in Finnish politics over whether to try to regain control over the section of Karelia ceded to the Soviet Union in the Moscow Peace Treaty. Despite
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…government party members (such as the former Finns Party Youth) and the civilian population alike. Instead, public opinion leans directed toward the re-annexation of Finnish Karelia. Finnic countries…
Evacuees from Muolaa moving towards Western Finland during winter 1940.
Finnish era buildings in Vyborg
Blocks of flats built in the Soviet era in Svetogorsk (Enso)
Countryside houses. A picture from Sortavala.