• 🏳️‍⚧️Edward [it/its]
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    16
    ·
    3 months ago

    They would have received more land of equal value in the trade in the Karelia region.

    Twice the amount.

    Denna F. Flemming - The Cold War and Its Origins

    [The Soviets] demanded: (1) the lease of a naval base at Hangoe, across the Gulf of Finland from their bases in Estonia; (2) the cession of five islands in the Gulf, which controlled Leningrad strategically by sea; and (3) 2761 square kilometers of land on the Karelian isthmus, the new border to be demilitarized. In return, twice the amount of land farther north was offered.