Talk:Finnish Democratic Republic

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This article concerns a puppet régime more than a puppet state. The so called state existed in area which at the moment, during the war, still belonged to Finland. Thus the Soviet Union had no legal right to declare it a state. It "controlled" quite a small territory which had practically zero inhabitans (the people living in the border region had been evacuated). The Soviet Union planned the Terijoki government to become the puppet régime of Finland, but this of course failed because the Soviets failed in occupying the country. Terijoki government would be a better name for the article because the relevant thing is the Soviet puppet régime. --88.114.252.193 13:41, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

If Wikipedia calls it an unregognised Soviet puppet state on an occupied territory, I don't think it's saying it's more "legal". In fact, there are many articles which describe puppet states on occupied territories: Axis occupation of Greece during World War II, Independent State of Croatia and so on. Why I want the template? Because this article is listed as a part of the Soviet occupations, see the template here [1]. It would be good if we have an article describing the occupation of Finnish Karelia. And the only period USSR occupied Finnish territories per definition, was 1939-1940, because it wasn't an occupation anymore when Finland had signed the Moscow Peace Treaty. Soviet Union also occupied parts of Finland in 1944-1945 (Petsamo), but this is the only article we can discuss the occupation. Finnish Democratic Republic had an own "army", currency and newspaper still. I know what you're saying, but adding this template won't turn the occupation any more legimate, it just makes it more clear that an occupation zone existed in Finland, in my opinion. So, do you have any problems if I add the template again and modify the text a bit to clarify few things? --Pudeo⺮ 21:05, 18 October 2007 (UTC)