Finland may demand the return of land from Russia
Judging by the map attached to the post, there are referring to the Petsamo region (the area around the village of Pechenga, Murmansk region), the eastern part of the Salla region (all these are Finnish names of Russian lands), also included in the Murmansk region, and some areas of Karelia near Lake Ladoga.
In October, 1939, the USSR began negotiations with Finland to change the border. The Soviet Union offered Finland territory in Eastern Karelia in exchange for land on the Karelian Isthmus. However, Finland refused, and negotiations were completed in November of 39. 30 November, the war began, known as “Winter”.
12 March 1940, as a result of the Moscow Treaty, the war stopped, and a number of islands, the Karelian Isthmus, the cities of Viipuri and Sortavala, the Salla region, part of the Rybachiy Peninsula and the Middle Peninsula were withdrawn to the Soviet Union.
In June, 1944, Finland withdrew from the Second World War and confirmed the results of the Moscow Treaty, losing also to the USSR Petsamo (now Pechenga) with the adjacent territory.
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