Soviet–Finnish border

E328627

international border state border

The Soviet–Finnish border was the frontier separating the Soviet Union from Finland, particularly significant as a heavily militarized and contested line during the Winter War and World War II.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Finland–Russia border	1
Finland–Soviet Union border	1
Finnish–Russian border	1
Finnish–Soviet border in Karelia	1
Finnish–Soviet border in Petsamo area	1
Finnish–Soviet border region	1
Russia–Finland border	1
Soviet–Finnish border canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ state border ⓘ
affectedPopulation	Karelian population ⓘ
associatedWithConflict	Continuation War ⓘ Winter War ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Finland (1939) Winter War ⓘ
borderedOnFinnishSide	Finland ⓘ surface form: Republic of Finland
borderedOnSovietSide	Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ surface form: Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
borderType	land border ⓘ
ceasedToExist	1991 ⓘ
characterizedAs	contested frontier ⓘ heavily militarized ⓘ
dateModified	1920 ⓘ 1940 ⓘ 1944 ⓘ 1947 ⓘ
establishedAfter	Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
fortifiedBy	Mannerheim Line ⓘ Soviet defensive works ⓘ
hadMaritimeComponent	sections in Gulf of Finland ⓘ
hadSection	Karelian Isthmus ⓘ Ladoga Karelia ⓘ Petsamo region ⓘ
languageUsedNearby	Finnish ⓘ Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Fennoscandia ⓘ Northern Europe ⓘ
modifiedBy	Moscow Armistice with Finland ⓘ surface form: Moscow Armistice (1944) Moscow Peace Treaty ⓘ surface form: Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) Treaty of Paris 1947 ⓘ surface form: Paris Peace Treaty (1947) Treaty of Tartu ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Tartu (1920)
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ surface form: European front of World War II
predecessor	border between Grand Duchy of Finland and Russian Empire ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
relatedTo	Finnish–Russian border ⓘ
replacedBy	Russian–Finnish border ⓘ
resultedIn	evacuation of Finnish civilians from ceded areas ⓘ territorial cessions by Finland to the Soviet Union ⓘ
separated	Finland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
significantDuring	Continuation War ⓘ Winter War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to Gulf of Finland ⓘ control of Karelian Isthmus ⓘ defense of Leningrad ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive → location → Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ

Finnish–Russian border conflicts → borderDefined → Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish–Soviet border in Karelia

Finnish–Russian border conflicts → borderDefined → Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish–Soviet border in Petsamo area

Allegro → borderCrossing → Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russia–Finland border

Kuhmo → locatedNear → Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish–Russian border

Vuoksi river basin → borderCrossing → Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finland–Russia border

Karelian front of the Winter War → locatedIn → Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish–Soviet border region

NATO external border during Cold War → includesSection → Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finland–Soviet Union border