Karelian United Government Explained

Conventional Long Name:Karelian United Government
Native Name:Karjalan keskushallitus
Official Languages:Karelian
Finnish
Russian
Government Type:Provisional government
Life Span:1920-1923
Image Map Caption:Area claimed by the Karelian United Government
Date Start:20 December 1920
Date End:23 July 1923
P1:Republic of Uhtua
S1:Karelian Labor Commune
Flag P1:Flag of Karel.svg
Flag P2:Flag of the White Sea Karelia.svg
P2:Olonets Government of Southern Karelia
Flag S1:Red flag.svg
Today:Republic of Karelia as a subject of Russian Federation

The Karelian United Government was a short-lived state that existed from 1920 to 1923, as a merger of the Republic of Uhtua and the Olonets Government of Southern Karelia.[1]

History

On 20 December 1920, the Karelian United Government formed in exile in Finland as a merger of the Uhtua Government and the Olonets Government of Southern Karelia. 11 days later, on 31 December, Finland ceded Repola and Porajärvi to the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic.[2]

On 21 April 1921, the Republic of Eastern Karelia (Itä Karjala) was declared independent. Between October 1921 and February 1922 Karelian military troops, supported by the KUG, moved from Finnish territory into Eastern Karelia. The Forest Guerrillas, who were the main anti-Bolshevik resistance movement during the Heimosodat in Karelia were driven across the border into Finland by 1922.

From December 1922 until February 1923 East Karelia was occupied by the Soviet Union.

On 23 July 1923, the Permanent Court of Arbitration refused to state an advisory opinion on the status of Karelia regarding the Treaty of Tartu. Later that year the exile government was dissolved.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Russian Civil War Polities . 2024-01-01 . www.worldstatesmen.org.
  2. Book: Smele, Jonathan D. . Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926 . 2015-11-19 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4422-5281-3 . en.