My dad has an old map hanging on the wall, and I just noticed this weird border line next to Helsinki, does anyone know the history behind this or is it just a map mistake?
My dad has an old map hanging on the wall, and I just noticed this weird border line next to Helsinki, does anyone know the history behind this or is it just a map mistake?
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That’s Porkkala. The area was leased to Soviet Union from 1944-1956 as a part of the Moscow armistice signed after the continuation war.
That’s Porkkala-peninsula. It was leased to Soviet Union as a military base after the 1944 Moscow armistice.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Armistice
But what is the change from solid green in north to the spotty green in south?