In the picture is the Senate of independent Finland, with Prime Minister P. E. Svinhufvud in the head of table.

https://i.redd.it/b576nvf4645e1.jpeg

by cattitanic

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  2. So they spoke Russian before? Or was always just Finnish

  5. Soviet Russia was the first country to recognize independent Finland. It did so on January 4th, 1918.

  7. I did not know the finns didn’t deal With their past.

  8. And 1½ years ago we finally actually gained independence from Russia as we joined NATO. And we no longer need to check the opinion of Moscow about everything we do.

  9. On Monday Romania Will kneel before Russia Becuse that’s what Calin Georgescu Wants

  10. Svinhufvud is a wild name. An ancient noble family with a fancy crest named Pork-head.

    That’s Sweden for you, I guess.

  11. Ok I deleted all my collaboration stuff the nation does not seem.to accept that. I understand you had basically no choice. Perhaps due to my harshness was wrong. But still why are you so sentitive about being on the wrong side in the oater staged of ww2

  12. Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää, rakkaat naapurit! ❤️ 🇫🇮 ❤️

  13. From the Russian Empire, not from Russia.

    Finland has never been part of Russia.

    For a mere century Finland was an *autonomous duchy* in the Russian Empire. Then that empire dissolved. Finland never been a part of Russia.

  14. You’re appreciated and you’re cool ;), having you in a defensive alliance is a privilege, but also pleasure. Cheers and eläköön Finland.

  18. Fun fact; Finland was once one of the most loyal territories of the Russian Empire and the locals _willing_ built a statue to one of the Tsars, particularly as a form of protest against Nicholas, essentially telling Nicholas “we liked your granddad more”. Originally, the Finns didn’t want to leave the empire, they wanted the Kremlin to stop trying to make them Russians.

    But once the Tsar was deposed, and especially once the Bolshevik Revolution happened, Finns almost instantly wanted to leave, their independence declaration took less than a year from when Nicholas was forced to abdicate.

    In that sense, perhaps it’s better said that Finland was, at one time, loyal to the Romanovs, but evidently not to the state of Russia itself.

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