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During World War II, Finland fought the Soviet Union twice: she defended herself against the Soviet Union in the Winter War of 1939-1940 (with limited but crucial support from Sweden), resulting in the loss of Finnish Karelia, and invaded the Soviet Union herself in the Continuation War of 1941-1944 (with considerable support from Nazi Germany), leading also to the loss of Finland's only ice-free winter harbour Petsamo. This was followed by the Lapland War of 1944-1945, when Finland fought against the Germans ...

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History of Finland, History of Finland - Earliest origins of the Finns, History of Finland - Pre-history, History of Finland - The Middle Ages, History of Finland - The 16th century, History of Finland - The 17th century - the Swedish Empire, History of Finland - The 18th century - the Age of Reason, History of Finland - Russian Grand Duchy, History of Finland - Independence and Civil War, History of Finland - Finland in the inter-war era, History of Finland - Finland in World War II, History of Finland - Post-war era, History of Finland - Recent history

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List of asteroids named after places - Japan. 498 Tokio (Tokyo) 1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji) 2084 Okayama (Okayama) 2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima) 3319 Kibi (Kibi) 3380 Awaji (Awaji) 3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaido) 4157 Izu (Izu) 4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki) 4790 Nagasaki (Nagasaki) 5618 Saitama (Saitama) 5881 Akashi (Akashi) 5908 Nagoya (Nagoya) 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima) 6255 Kuma (Kumakogen) See also:

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List of asteroids named after places - Countries of Africa. 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) 1213 Algeria (Algeria) 1278 Kenya (Kenya) 1279 Uganda (Uganda) 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia) 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda) 1718 Namibia (Namibia) 1816 Liberia (Liberia) List of asteroids ...

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List of asteroids named after places - Canada. 6714 Montréal (Montréal, Québec) 96192 Calgary (Calgary, Alberta) 96193 Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta) List of asteroids named after places - USA. 334 Chicago (Chicago) 341 California (California) 484 Pittsburghia (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 508 Princetonia (Princeton University) 516 Amherstia (Amherst College, Massachusetts) 736 Harvard (Harvard Univ ...

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List of asteroids named after places, List of asteroids named after places - Africa, List of asteroids named after places - Countries of Africa, List of asteroids named after places - Cities of Africa, List of asteroids named after places - Asia, List of asteroids named after places - Japan, List of asteroids named after places - China, List of asteroids named after places - Russia and the former Soviet Union Asia, List of asteroids named after places - Europe, List of asteroids named after places - Czech Republic, List of asteroids named after places - Eastern Europe, List of asteroids named after places - Finland, List of asteroids named after places - France, List of asteroids named after places - Germany, List of asteroids named after places - Italy, List of asteroids named after places - Greece, List of asteroids named after places - The Low Countries, List of asteroids named after places - Russia and the former Soviet Union Europe, List of asteroids named after places - Scandinavia, List of asteroids named after places - Slovakia, List of asteroids named after places - Spain, List of asteroids named after places - Turkey, List of asteroids named after places - United Kingdom, List of asteroids named after places - North America, List of asteroids named after places - Canada, List of asteroids named after places - USA, List of asteroids named after places - Oceania, List of asteroids named after places - Polar regions, List of asteroids named after places - South and Central America, List of asteroids named after places - Fictional places

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Finland's government received the first tentative peace conditions from Soviet (through Stockholm) on January 29. Until then, the Red Army had fought to occupy all of Finland and abolish Finland's democracy. By this point, the Soviet government was prepared to temper its claims. The demands were that Finland cede the Karelian Isthmus, including the city of Viipuri, and Finland's shore of Lake Ladoga. The Hanko Penin ...

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Moscow Peace Treaty 1940, Moscow Peace Treaty 1940 - Background, Moscow Peace Treaty 1940 - The harsh peace, Moscow Peace Treaty 1940 - External link

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The Chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schröder and the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, were strong advocates of the pipeline project during the negotiation phase. The agreement between Germany and Russia to build the pipeline was signed two weeks before the German parliamentary election. After the election, soon after leaving the post of Chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schröder agreed to head ...

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North European Gas Pipeline, North European Gas Pipeline - Construction, North European Gas Pipeline - Economic rationale, North European Gas Pipeline - Controversy, North European Gas Pipeline - German political scandal

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The issue of what the Ryti-Ribbentrop Agreement was, "in reality", remains somewhat controversial, as also the issue of whether Finland's co-belligerence with Nazi Germany "in reality" was a concealed alliance, and whether the Continuation War "in reality" was a Finnish war of aggression although initiated as a defensive war against a Soviet pre-emptive attack. Much of the controversies goes back to a Soviet perception of all of the Finnish politicians, except the illegal Communists, and much of the Finnish society, as one way ...

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Ryti-Ribbentrop Agreement, Ryti-Ribbentrop Agreement - Historical background, Ryti-Ribbentrop Agreement - Translation, Ryti-Ribbentrop Agreement - Controversy, Ryti-Ribbentrop Agreement - Reference

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In the list that follows, the role of these foreign merchant companies in the functioning of the city that was their host, in more than one sense is, as Fernand Braudel pointed out in The Perspective of the World, a telling criterion of the status of that city: "If he rules the roost in a given city or region, the foreign merchant is a sign of the [economic] inferiority of that city or region, compared with the economy of which he is the emissary or representative." It is worthy of note that several women were Deputy Aldermen of the H ...

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Hanseatic League, Hanseatic League - History, Hanseatic League - Foundation, Hanseatic League - Expansion, Hanseatic League - Zenith, Hanseatic League - Downfall, Hanseatic League - The End, Hanseatic League - Lists of former Hanse cities, Hanseatic League - Members of the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic League - Counting Houses, Hanseatic League - Other cities with a Hanse community, Hanseatic League - External link

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The route numbering system, defined by UNECE since 1975, went through a major change in 1992 and is now as follows (text and layout slightly modified from the original for clarity of understanding): Reference roads and intermediate roads, called Class-A roads, have two-digit numbers. Branch, link and connecting roads, called Class-B roads, have three-digit numbers. In general: North-south reference roads have two-digit odd numbers terminating in the figure 5 and increasing from west to east. East-west ...

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International E-road network, International E-road network - Numbering system, International E-road network - Exceptions, International E-road network - Notes to the listings, International E-road network - Class A roads, International E-road network - North-South reference, International E-road network - West-East reference, International E-road network - North-South intermediate, International E-road network - West-East intermediate, International E-road network - Class B roads

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Despite the Declaration of Independence calling Finland a Republic, initially Finland was to be a constitutional monarchy. Frederick Charles of Hesse, a German prince, was elected King, putatively with the name Väinö I of Finland, with Pehr Evind Svinhufvud and General Mannerheim serving as Regents. However, Germany's defeat in World War I meant that the idea was abandoned. Finland instead became a republic, ...

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History of Finland, History of Finland - Earliest origins of the Finns, History of Finland - Pre-history, History of Finland - The Middle Ages, History of Finland - The 16th century, History of Finland - The 17th century - the Swedish Empire, History of Finland - The 18th century - the Age of Reason, History of Finland - Russian Grand Duchy, History of Finland - Independence and Civil War, History of Finland - Finland in the inter-war era, History of Finland - Finland in World War II, History of Finland - Post-war era, History of Finland - Recent history

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By the 14th century, the town functioned as the capital of a de-facto sovereign republic. Its most powerful force were the merchants who brought the town into the Hanseatic league. Pskov's independence was formally recognized by Novgorod in 1348. Several years later, the veche promulgated a law code (called the Pskov Charter) which was one of the principal sources of the all-Russian law code issued in 1497. For Russia, the Pskov Republic was a bridge towards Europe. For Europe, it was a western outpost of Russia and subject of numerou ...

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Pskov, Pskov - Early history, Pskov - Pskovian Republic, Pskov - Modern history, Pskov - Landmarks and sights, Pskov - Copyrighted photos, Pskov - External link

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List of castles - External links. SLOVAKIA'S CASTLES at Slovak Heritage Live Slovak Castles and Churches ...

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Saint Petersburg - Music in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg has always been known for its high-quality cultural life. The world-famous Kirov Theater (known now by its pre-revolution name of Marinsky Theater) is home to first-class ballet and opera. St. Petersburg's Philharmonic is one of the best in Russia. St. Petersburg has also been home to the newest movements in modern music. For example, in 1972 mathematics student Boris Grebenshchikov founded the band Aquarium, an underground rock group that grew to huge popularity in the 70s and 80s. St. Petersburg was similarly home t ...

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Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg - Landmarks and tourist attractions, Saint Petersburg - The palaces, Saint Petersburg - The churches, Saint Petersburg - Public buildings, Saint Petersburg - Public monuments, Saint Petersburg - Suburbs, Saint Petersburg - History, Saint Petersburg - Leningrad during the Russian S.F.S.R.1918 -1991, Saint Petersburg - Saint Petersburg after 1991, Saint Petersburg - Population, Saint Petersburg - Economy, Saint Petersburg - Transportation, Saint Petersburg - Administrative divisions, Saint Petersburg - Culture, Saint Petersburg - Music in St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg - St. Petersburg in the movies, Saint Petersburg - St. Petersburg in literature, Saint Petersburg - Notable people, Saint Petersburg - Sister Cities

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The city is a major transport hub. It is the center of the local road and railway system, and has a seaport (in the Gulf of Finland of Baltic Sea) and river ports (in the delta of Neva). It is the terminus of the Volgo-Baltic waterway which links the Baltic with the Black Sea. Saint Petersburg has regular railway connections to Helsinki, Finland via Vyborg (on the Russian side) and Kouvola and Lahti (on the Finnish side). Three beautiful, old-fashioned trains - the Sibelius, the Repin and the ...

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Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg - Landmarks and tourist attractions, Saint Petersburg - The palaces, Saint Petersburg - The churches, Saint Petersburg - Public buildings, Saint Petersburg - Public monuments, Saint Petersburg - Suburbs, Saint Petersburg - History, Saint Petersburg - Leningrad during the Russian S.F.S.R.1918 -1991, Saint Petersburg - Saint Petersburg after 1991, Saint Petersburg - Population, Saint Petersburg - Economy, Saint Petersburg - Transportation, Saint Petersburg - Administrative divisions, Saint Petersburg - Culture, Saint Petersburg - Music in St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg - St. Petersburg in the movies, Saint Petersburg - St. Petersburg in literature, Saint Petersburg - Notable people, Saint Petersburg - Sister Cities

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Since 1777, Pskov has served as a capital of separate government, or oblast. It was here that the last Russian tsar abdicated in March 1917. During World War I Pskov became the center of much activity behind the lines, and after the Russo-German Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference (December 22, 1917–March 3, 1918), in the winter of 1917–1918, the Imperial German Army invaded the area. The medieval citadel provided little protection against modern artillery, and during World War II Pskov suffered substantial damage during the German occ ...

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Pskov, Pskov - Early history, Pskov - Pskovian Republic, Pskov - Modern history, Pskov - Landmarks and sights, Pskov - Copyrighted photos, Pskov - External link

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Pskov still preserves much of its medieval walls, built from the 13th century on. The Krom, or medieval citadel, looks as impressive as ever. Within its walls rises the 256-foot-tall Trinity Cathedral, founded in 1138 and rebuilt in the 1690s. The cathedral contains the tombs of saint princes Vsevolod (died in 1138) and Dovmont (died in 1299). Other ancient cathedrals adorn the Mirozhsky abbey (completed by 1152), St. John's (completed by 1243), and the Snetogorsky ...

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Pskov, Pskov - Early history, Pskov - Pskovian Republic, Pskov - Modern history, Pskov - Landmarks and sights, Pskov - Copyrighted photos, Pskov - External link

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Finland's main goal during World War II was, although nowhere literally stated, to survive the war as an independent country, capable of maintaining its sovereignty in a politically hostile environment. Specifically for the Continuation War, Finland aimed at reversing its territorial losses under the March 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty and by extending the territory further east, to guarantee the survival of the Finnic brethren in East-Karelia — thus in effect aiming at creating a Greater Finland, as advocated by vociferous right-wing groups. F ...

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Continuation War, Continuation War - Introduction, Continuation War - Aims of war, Continuation War - Background, Continuation War - Before World War II, Continuation War - The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the Winter War, Continuation War - After the Moscow Peace Treaty, Continuation War - Interim peace, Continuation War - Attempted Nordic Defence Alliance, Continuation War - Re-armaments, Continuation War - Denmark and Norway occupied, Continuation War - Finland seeks German rapprochement, Continuation War - Continued Soviet pressure, Continuation War - British disregard, Continuation War - Improved relations with Nazi Germany, Continuation War - Attempted Defence Union with Sweden, Continuation War - Road to War, Continuation War - Petsamo Crisis, Continuation War - Diplomatic Activities, Continuation War - Cooperation with Germany, Continuation War - To the Opening of Hostilities, Continuation War - Finnish Offensive 1941, Continuation War - Reconquest of Ladoga Karelia, Continuation War - Reconquest of Karelian Isthmus, Continuation War - Occupation of East Karelia, Continuation War - Advancement from Northern Finland, Continuation War - Political Development, Continuation War - International volunteers and support, Continuation War - Diplomatic manoeuvres, Continuation War - The end of the war, Continuation War - Conclusion, Continuation War - Battles and operations

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Although the Continuation War was fought on the periphery of World War II and the troops engaged were relatively few, its history is intriguing as it challenges both conventional wisdom about the moral clarity of the Allied effort and the popular and academic theory that democratic countries do not wage war against each other. Technically, the democratic Allied powers declared war against Finland. But there were no engagements with troops of the chief democratic powers, the United S ...

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Continuation War, Continuation War - Introduction, Continuation War - Aims of war, Continuation War - Background, Continuation War - Before World War II, Continuation War - The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the Winter War, Continuation War - After the Moscow Peace Treaty, Continuation War - Interim peace, Continuation War - Attempted Nordic Defence Alliance, Continuation War - Re-armaments, Continuation War - Denmark and Norway occupied, Continuation War - Finland seeks German rapprochement, Continuation War - Continued Soviet pressure, Continuation War - British disregard, Continuation War - Improved relations with Nazi Germany, Continuation War - Attempted Defence Union with Sweden, Continuation War - Road to War, Continuation War - Petsamo Crisis, Continuation War - Diplomatic Activities, Continuation War - Cooperation with Germany, Continuation War - To the Opening of Hostilities, Continuation War - Finnish Offensive 1941, Continuation War - Reconquest of Ladoga Karelia, Continuation War - Reconquest of Karelian Isthmus, Continuation War - Occupation of East Karelia, Continuation War - Advancement from Northern Finland, Continuation War - Political Development, Continuation War - International volunteers and support, Continuation War - Diplomatic manoeuvres, Continuation War - The end of the war, Continuation War - Conclusion, Continuation War - Battles and operations

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The main roads in the north, which connect well with those in the south, are classified "M"/"A"/"B" as in Great Britain, though their numbering is separate from the British system. Roads in Ireland - Motorways. The most important roads are motorways, designated as in the Republic and Great Britain by the letter "M". The motorway network is focused on Belfast. M1 Belfast - Dungannon M2 Belfast - Antrim, plus unconnected Ballymena bypass further to the north M3 The Lagan Bridge ...

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Roads in Ireland, Roads in Ireland - Roads in the Republic of Ireland, Roads in Ireland - Motorways, Roads in Ireland - National Primary Routes, Roads in Ireland - Other roads, Roads in Ireland - Old system, Roads in Ireland - Roads in Northern Ireland, Roads in Ireland - Motorways, Roads in Ireland - A roads, Roads in Ireland - B roads, Roads in Ireland - C roads, Roads in Ireland - Euro Routes

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List of castles - External links. Polish Castles of Polish Castles I Gallery of Polish Castles II Gothic Castles in Poland Castles of Poland Polish Castles in Poland Castles of Poland ...

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The city is a major center of machine building, including power equipment, machinery, shipyards, instrument manufacture, ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy (production of aluminium alloys), chemicals, printing, and one of the major ports of the Baltic Sea. The Saint Petersburg Mint (Monetny Dvor) is apart from Goznak in Moscow the only place in Russia that mints Russian coins, medals and badges. Ford Motor Company began producing the Ford Focus automobile here in 2002. Toyota ...

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Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg - Landmarks and tourist attractions, Saint Petersburg - The palaces, Saint Petersburg - The churches, Saint Petersburg - Public buildings, Saint Petersburg - Public monuments, Saint Petersburg - Suburbs, Saint Petersburg - History, Saint Petersburg - Leningrad during the Russian S.F.S.R.1918 -1991, Saint Petersburg - Saint Petersburg after 1991, Saint Petersburg - Population, Saint Petersburg - Economy, Saint Petersburg - Transportation, Saint Petersburg - Administrative divisions, Saint Petersburg - Culture, Saint Petersburg - Music in St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg - St. Petersburg in the movies, Saint Petersburg - St. Petersburg in literature, Saint Petersburg - Notable people, Saint Petersburg - Sister Cities

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According to results of the government website, St. Petersburg has 4,560,000 inhabitants. That amounts to roughly 3 percent of the population of Russia as a whole. The average monthly salary 2003 was 6179 rubles (about 176 euros). Since it was founded, the city has seen strong social contrasts, the situation of many people hardened after the Perestroika. Beggars and old women selling what they brought from the countryside now can be seen frequently. About 15 p ...

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Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg - Landmarks and tourist attractions, Saint Petersburg - The palaces, Saint Petersburg - The churches, Saint Petersburg - Public buildings, Saint Petersburg - Public monuments, Saint Petersburg - Suburbs, Saint Petersburg - History, Saint Petersburg - Leningrad during the Russian S.F.S.R.1918 -1991, Saint Petersburg - Saint Petersburg after 1991, Saint Petersburg - Population, Saint Petersburg - Economy, Saint Petersburg - Transportation, Saint Petersburg - Administrative divisions, Saint Petersburg - Culture, Saint Petersburg - Music in St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg - St. Petersburg in the movies, Saint Petersburg - St. Petersburg in literature, Saint Petersburg - Notable people, Saint Petersburg - Sister Cities

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