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Republic of North Ingria
Origins
The Ingrian Finns, Lutheran Finnish-speakers living around Petrograd, resisted Bolshevik requisitions and conscription. In 1919, with help from Finland, inhabitants of the northern Ingrian parishes near the Finnish border rose in revolt and declared the Republic of North Ingria, based in the village of Kirjasalo.
Rule and society
The small republic had its own government, flag, stamps and an armed force of a few hundred men, and sought union with Finland. It controlled only a narrow strip of territory and depended on Finnish supplies and volunteers.
Decline and legacy
In the Treaty of Tartu between Finland and Soviet Russia in October 1920, Finland agreed to return North Ingria, while Russia promised the Ingrians cultural autonomy. The republic was dissolved in December 1920, and many inhabitants fled to Finland. The promised autonomy was later revoked, and Ingrian Finns suffered Stalinist deportations.
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- Republic of North Ingria was a protectorate of Republic of Finland1919 CE – 1920 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Republic of North Ingria. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/republic-of-north-ingria
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