Soviet–Finnish relations

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Finland–Soviet Union relations bilateral relations international relations

Soviet–Finnish relations encompass the complex and often tense political, military, and diplomatic interactions between the Soviet Union and Finland, marked by wars, territorial disputes, and shifting alignments throughout the 20th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Finland–Soviet Union relations → bilateral relations → international relations →
country1	Soviet Union →
country2	Finland →
endTime	1991 →
hasKeyActor	Joseph Stalin → Juho Kusti Paasikivi → Urho Kekkonen → Vyacheslav Molotov →
hasKeyAspect	Soviet security concerns in the Baltic region → border security → diplomatic negotiations → military conflict → neutrality policy of Finland → territorial disputes →
hasKeyConflict	Continuation War → Lapland War (indirectly, via German–Finnish–Soviet dynamics) → Winter War →
hasKeyDoctrine	Paasikivi–Kekkonen line →
hasKeyEvent	Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (1948) → Continuation War → Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948 → Moscow Armistice (1944) → Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) → Note Crisis of 1961 → Paris Peace Treaty (1947) → Soviet dissolution (1991) → Soviet–Finnish border agreements → Soviet–Finnish trade agreements → Winter War → YYA Treaty → lease of Porkkala Naval Base → return of Porkkala (1956) →
hasKeyPeriod	Cold War → World War II → interwar period →
hasKeyPolicy	Finlandization → Finnish military non-alignment during the Cold War → Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe →
hasKeyTerritorialChange	cession of Karelia to the Soviet Union → cession of Petsamo to the Soviet Union → cession of Salla and Kuusamo areas to the Soviet Union → lease of Hanko Peninsula to the Soviet Union (1940) → lease of Porkkala to the Soviet Union (1944) →
hasKeyTreaty	Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948 → Moscow Armistice (1944) → Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) → Paris Peace Treaty (1947) → YYA Treaty →
startTime	1917 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Soviet offensive of February 1940 ("Soviet–Finnish relations 1939–1940") →	context
Memorial to the fallen of the Continuation War ("Finland–Soviet Union relations") →	hasSubject
Ladoga Karelia ("Soviet–Finnish territorial disputes") →	partOfConflict
Lapland War →	relatedTo