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SOURCES FROM THE FNAS Vol III. A Line on a Map
SOURCES FROM THE FINNISH NATIONAL ARCHIVAL SYSTEM
Vol III.
A Line on a Map
Editor's Note: In late 2009, a staff researcher working with the Finnish National Archival System found in the archives of the prewar Finnish Ministry of the Interior a copy of a 1939 general-issue road map of the Karelian Isthmus area in 1/200 000 scale. On this map, the new border line on the Isthmus between Finland and the Soviet Union has been drawn in dark red. The map had been filed in a folder containing papers from the office of the Second Minister of the Interior from January 1940. It has therefore been suggested that this is in fact Urho Kekkonen's original personal map of the new border from early November 1939. The fact that the border does not exactly correspond to the border line as it was finally realized (though the discrepancy is very small) also suggests that what is depicted here is an early, provisional version of the new border.
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A name on a dotted line,
A signature in the wrong paper
The name on a line,
Confirmed by a horned friend
Perfect strangers avoid me,
Even inlaws won't know their own
Like perfect strangers,
Even the key won't open a door
Open a door, open a door, open a door
Viikate: Takaajan taakka (2010)
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To Be Continued
SOURCES FROM THE FINNISH NATIONAL ARCHIVAL SYSTEM
Vol III.
A Line on a Map
Editor's Note: In late 2009, a staff researcher working with the Finnish National Archival System found in the archives of the prewar Finnish Ministry of the Interior a copy of a 1939 general-issue road map of the Karelian Isthmus area in 1/200 000 scale. On this map, the new border line on the Isthmus between Finland and the Soviet Union has been drawn in dark red. The map had been filed in a folder containing papers from the office of the Second Minister of the Interior from January 1940. It has therefore been suggested that this is in fact Urho Kekkonen's original personal map of the new border from early November 1939. The fact that the border does not exactly correspond to the border line as it was finally realized (though the discrepancy is very small) also suggests that what is depicted here is an early, provisional version of the new border.
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Minister Kekkonen discussing with an unidentified infantry sergeant during the evacuation of the areas given to the Soviet Union in November 1939.
Photo: The Finnish Military Museum.
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Prime Minister Risto Ryti and Minister of Finance Väinö Tanner going through the final list of provisions for the Moscow Agreement at the Government Palace in Helsinki. November 27th, 1939.
Photo: The Finnish Military Museum.
Minister Kekkonen discussing with an unidentified infantry sergeant during the evacuation of the areas given to the Soviet Union in November 1939.
Photo: The Finnish Military Museum.
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Prime Minister Risto Ryti and Minister of Finance Väinö Tanner going through the final list of provisions for the Moscow Agreement at the Government Palace in Helsinki. November 27th, 1939.
Photo: The Finnish Military Museum.
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A name on a dotted line,
A signature in the wrong paper
The name on a line,
Confirmed by a horned friend
Perfect strangers avoid me,
Even inlaws won't know their own
Like perfect strangers,
Even the key won't open a door
Open a door, open a door, open a door
Viikate: Takaajan taakka (2010)
....
To Be Continued
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