What circumstances prevented Finland from becoming a 16th republic of the USSR? As you may recall, the only four Northern European countries that Russia has ever invaded in the 40s were Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia; however, it's only the tiny nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia that were made Soviet republics and incorporated into the USSR, but Finland - for one reason or another - had avoided that fate. Why? What circumstances were so favourable to Finland that helped her to retain its independence and not to become a 16th republic od the Soviet Union?
2007-05-07
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