Lake Virmajärvi is a small lake straddling the border between Finland and Russia. It is located 19 km east of the village of Hattuvaara. The easternmost point of Finland and of the Schengen Area and o
Easternmost point of Finland, photo by a Russian member of the bilateral boundary re-demarcation commission
The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on 12 March 1940, and the ratifications were exchanged on 21 March. It marked the end of the 105-day Winter War, upon which Finland c
Finnish Foreign Minister Väinö Tanner reading the terms of the peace treaty on the Finnish radio at noon on 13 March 1940.