The importance of Hanko
to Finns, Finland-Swedes
and Russians.
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Hanko Spa Park was a spa.
Hanko Spa Park was built in 1893 and after World
War II was badly damaged so it had to be torn
down.
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The Soviet Union wanted to negotiate with Finland
joining the two to develop a joint defense against the
Germans, with the passage of time applications
Soviet demands were becoming so negotiations
stalled.
Later, on August 23, 1939 Germany and the Soviet
Union signed a nonaggression pact and both
countries shared the Eastern European nations,
leaving Finland within the Soviet sphere.
Since Finland belonging to the Soviet Union, this
required that the border was moved 25 miles inland
and permission to build a naval base at Hanko for 30
years, in return for this, the Soviet Union offered a
territory in the region of Karelia.
This requirement gave Soviet concerns that this country was
invaded by Germany, which would happen sooner or later.
The government rejected all demands for Soviet and
conducted a bombing these areas near the Russian village of
Mainila. The Soviet Union later said it was a Finnish army
attack on Russian troops who had died, he used this as an
excuse to demand that Finland fall back his army 25 miles
back
from
the
border
and
also
apologize.
The Finns were again categorically deny these requirements,
denying
involvement
in
the
attack.
Then the Soviet Union attacked Finland on November 30,
1939 with 23 divisions.
CONSEQUENCES
Finland
25.000 men were killed and 55.000 were injured.
Lost: -10% of its territory.
-17% of its rail system.
-10% of agricultural areas.
-11% of the forest.
-17% of the electrical capacity.
The Democratic Republic of Finland was converted into
the SSR-Finnish Carelo.
Finland maintained its autonomy.
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Finland-Swede constitutes a linguistic minority in
Finland. They speak Finland Swedish, which
encompasses both a standard language and distinct
dialects that are mutually intelligible with the dialects
spoken in Sweden and, to a lesser extent, other
Scandinavian languages.
According to Statistics Finland, Swedish is the mother
tongue of about 275,000 people in mainland Finland
and of about 25,000 people in Äland, a self-governing
archipelago of islands off the coast of Finland. Swedishspeakers comprise 10'6% of the total population.