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Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Original language
- en
- Access
- Consulted via citation for the administrative status changes of 1920-1991; primary Soviet or Russian archival records were not independently retrieved for this bundle.
- Link
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelian_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_RepublicAccessed 19 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Covers the establishment of the Karelian Labour Commune in June 1920, its elevation to the Karelian ASSR in July 1923, its upgrade to the full union-republic-level Karelo-Finnish SSR in March 1940, its reduction back to ASSR status in July 1956, and its 9 August 1990 sovereignty declaration and renaming to the Karelian Soviet Socialist Republic.