Risto Ryti
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Risto Heikki Ryti was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1940 to 1944. Ryti started his career as a politician in the field of economics and as a political background fig
Portrait c. 1943–1944
Ryti's home in Helsinki 1918-35
Plaque on the above building
Having given the solemn oath on 19 December 1940, Ryti leaves the parliament alone. His predecessor, Kallio, suffered a heart attack and died the same day.
Ryti–Ribbentrop Agreement
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The Ryti–Ribbentrop letter of agreement was a personal letter from President of Finland Risto Ryti to German Führer Adolf Hitler signed on 26 June 1944. It was sent during the Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavod
Members of the 27th Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion on the Eastern Front of World War I.
Troops of the German Baltic Sea Division in Helsinki during the Finnish Civil War.
Finnish and German front lines in the area of Leningrad in December 1941.
Mannerheim, Hitler and Ryti, photographed during Hitler's visit to Finland on 4 June 1942.