Finnish Democratic Republic
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The Finnish Democratic Republic (Finnish: Suomen kansanvaltainen tasavalta) was a short-lived unrecognised Soviet puppet state in those parts of Finnish Karelia that were occupied by the Soviet Union during the Winter War. Its government was known under the name of the Terijoki Government. The Soviet Union argued that it was the only rightful government for all of Finland that was capable of ending the Winter War and restoring peace. However, before the end of the war the Soviets gave up this interpretation to make peace with the Finnish government.
It was established on December 1, 1939, in the then-Finnish border town of Terijoki (which is now Zelenogorsk, part of the Saint Petersburg recreation area in Russia). During its lifespan Otto Ville Kuusinen was chairman and head of government.
On March 12, 1940, it was merged with the Karelian ASSR within the Russian SFSR to form the Karelo-Finnish SSR, a Soviet republic in its own right, after Finland had ceded the areas to the Soviet Union in the Moscow Peace Treaty.
[edit] Terijoki Government
| Minister | In office |
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| Chairman and Foreign minister Otto Wille Kuusinen |
2.12.1939 – 12.3.1940 |
| Co-chairman and Finance minister Mauritz Rosenberg |
2.12.1939 – 12.3.1940 |
| Defence minister Akseli Anttila |
2.12.1939 – 12.3.1940 |
| Minister of Internal affairs Tuure Lehén |
2.12.1939 – 12.3.1940 |
| Minister of Agriculture Armas Äikiä |
2.12.1939 – 12.3.1940 |
| Minister of Education Inkeri Lehtinen |
2.12.1939 – 12.3.1940 |
| Minister of Karelian Affairs Paavo Prokkonen |
2.12.1939 – 12.3.1940 |
[edit] See also
- Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, an earlier, independent socialist state which existed for several months in 1918.
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