89Hen wrote:
No love lost between the two countries. IIRC, Finland was part of the Soviet Union in the early 1900's. I saw a documentary once about how much Finland hates Russia.
Finland was never a part of the Soviet Union. It was under Russian control for a time after Sweden relinquished control in 1809 at the end of the Finnish War, but became independent during the Bolshevik Revolution.
Finland and Russia fought wars from 1939-1944. Russia currently occupies part of Finland (given to Russia post WWII) and the Russian occupation of Karelia, Petsamo and Salia remain sore subjects to the Finns
Finland was never a part of the Soviet Union. It was under Russian control for a time after Sweden relinquished control in 1809 at the end of the Finnish War, but became independent during the Bolshevik Revolution.
Finland and Russia fought wars from 1939-1944. Russia currently occupies part of Finland (given to Russia post WWII) and the Russian occupation of Karelia, Petsamo and Salia remain sore subjects to the Finns
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Finland was never a part of the Soviet Union. It was under Russian control for a time after Sweden relinquished control in 1809 at the end of the Finnish War, but became independent during the Bolshevik Revolution.
Finland and Russia fought wars from 1939-1944. Russia currently occupies part of Finland (given to Russia post WWII) and the Russian occupation of Karelia, Petsamo and Salia remain sore subjects to the Finns
I used to work with a couple of Finnish guys - their hatred of all things Russian was evident early on.
Finland was never a part of the Soviet Union. It was under Russian control for a time after Sweden relinquished control in 1809 at the end of the Finnish War, but became independent during the Bolshevik Revolution.
Finland and Russia fought wars from 1939-1944. Russia currently occupies part of Finland (given to Russia post WWII) and the Russian occupation of Karelia, Petsamo and Salia remain sore subjects to the Finns
Gil Dobie wrote:Canada 1, Latvia 1 after 2. Latvia has 1 NHL player, 1 Bowling Green player and 1 Syracuse AHL and a plethera of KHL players.
Latvia also has 41 year old Sandis Ozolinsh who was very strong as an NHL player for a number of teams but he is 41 now. The Syracuse goalie just made himself a nice raise with 1 outstanding game.
