Karelian Labor Commune

Karelian Labor Commune
Карельская трудовая коммуна
Karjalan työkansan kommuuni
1920-1923
Area claimed and controlled by the Karelian Labor Commune
Area claimed and controlled by the Karelian Labor Commune
CapitalPetrozavodsk
Administrative centersPetrozavodsk & Olonets
Official languagesFinnish
Russian
Government
• Chairman
Edvard Gylling
History 
• Established
8 June 1920
• Disestablished
25 July 1923
Population
• 1920 census
145,753
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Karelian United Government
Karelian ASSR
Today part ofRepublic of Karelia as a subject of Russian Federation

The Karelian Labor Commune[a] was an autonomous region established in 1920 following the successes of the Red Army's incursion into the Republic of Uhtua, to undermine and discredit the separatist movements and to make Finland give up on attempting to liberate East Karelia shortly before the beginning of negotiations for the Treaty of Tartu[1] and during the Heimosodat.[2] Edvard Gylling and Yrjö Sirola, former members of the government of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, met with Vladimir Lenin in the Kremlin to propose autonomy for Karelia within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.[3] The Commune was founded on 8 June 1920 and was disestablished on 25 July 1923 and succeeded by the Karelian ASSR, following the end of the Heimosodat.[4]


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  1. ^ "Tarton rauha oli tiukan neuvottelun takana - eikä kestänyt kauan". yle.fi (in Finnish). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. ^ Soviet Russia. Russian Soviet Government Bureau. 1922.
  3. ^ Nenonen, Kaisu-Maija; Teerijoki, Ilkka (1998). Historian suursanakirja. Porvoo: WSOY. ISBN 978-951-0-22044-3.
  4. ^ Tägil, Sven (1995). Ethnicity and Nation Building in the Nordic World. Hurst. ISBN 978-1-85065-239-7.