In 1940, following its defeat in the so-called Winter War with the Soviet Union, Finland was forced to cede its eastern province of Karelia to Moscow, and the region's Finnish population was summarily ...
The invaders, who formed the Military Administration of Eastern Karelia headed by Colonel Vaino Kotilainen, pursued an overtly racist policy, the Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council noted ...
It has been 75 years since 1944 and memorial events for the various decisive battles are held across the world. One of the largest and most grueling battles was the Soviet summer offensive against ...