Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
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The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (Karelo-Finnish SSR),[lower-alpha 1] also called Soviet Karelia or simply known as Karelia, was a republic of the Soviet Union. It existed from 1940 until it was made part of the Russian SFSR in 1956 as the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The latter became the Republic of Karelia, a federal subject of Russia, on 13 November 1991.
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Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic Karjalas-Suomelaine sosialistine nevvostotazavaldu Karjalais-suomalainen sosialistinen neuvostotasavalta Карело-Финская Советская Социалистическая Республика | |||||||||||||||
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1940–1956 | |||||||||||||||
Motto: Kaikkien maiden proletaarit, liittykää yhteen! "Proletarians of all countries, unite!" | |||||||||||||||
Anthem: Karjalais-suomalaisen sosialistisen neuvostotasavallan hymni "Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish SSR" (1945–1956) | |||||||||||||||
Capital | Petrozavodsk 61.783333°N 34.35°E / 61.783333; 34.35 | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | Karelian, Finnish, Russian | ||||||||||||||
Government | Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist soviet republic | ||||||||||||||
First Secretary | |||||||||||||||
• 1940–1950 | Gennady Kupriyanov | ||||||||||||||
• 1950 | Aleksandr Kondakov | ||||||||||||||
• 1950–1955 | Aleksandr Egorov [ru] | ||||||||||||||
• 1955–1956 | Leonid Lubennikov | ||||||||||||||
Head of State | |||||||||||||||
• 1940–1956 | Otto Wille Kuusinen | ||||||||||||||
Head of Government | |||||||||||||||
• 1940–1947 | Pavel Prokkonen | ||||||||||||||
• 1947–1950 | Voldemar Virolainen [ru] | ||||||||||||||
• 1950–1956 | Pavel Prokkonen | ||||||||||||||
Legislature | Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | World War II / Cold War | ||||||||||||||
• SSR established | 31 March 1940 | ||||||||||||||
• Demoted to ASSR | 16 July 1956 | ||||||||||||||
Currency | Soviet ruble (Rbl) (SUR) | ||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Russia |
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