PORKKALA

pôrkˈkälä, small, strategic peninsula, Southern Finland prov., in the Gulf of Finland, near Helsinki. Under the Soviet-Finnish armistice of 1944, Finland leased this area to the USSR for 50 years, for use as a naval base. The USSR returned it to Finland in 1956.

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books on: Porkkala  - 103 results

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Finland and World War II, 1939-1944
Book by John H. Wuorinen; Ronald Press, 1948
Subjects: Finland--Foreign Relations, Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940, World War, 1939-1945--Finland
...The Petsamo area was also taken, and strategic territory at Porkkala, within ten miles of Helsinki, the capital, was "leased" for...meant a most serious economic and territorial amputation. Porkkala in Russian hands means an everpresent threat to the capital...
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A Calendar of Soviet Treaties, 1917-1957
Book by Robert M. Slusser, Jan F. Triska; Stanford University Press, 1959
Subjects: Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Treaties
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Containing Coexistence: America, Russia, and the "Finnish Solution"
Book by Jussi M. Hanhimäki; Kent State University Press, 1997
Subjects: Finland--Foreign Relations--1945-1981, Finland--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Finland, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union
...Coexistence and Neutrality: The Return of the Porkkala Naval Base as an Issue in Soviet-American...7. The Spirit of Porkkala 169...and signed a treaty that returned the Porkkala naval base, located only a half-hour...
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Finland in the New Europe
Book by Max Jakobson; Praeger, 1998
Subjects: Europe--Foreign Relations--Finland, Finland--Foreign Relations--Europe, Finland--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union, Finland--History--20th Century, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Finland
...the Arctic sea. A Soviet naval base was again established on the southern coast of Finland, this time on the peninsula of Porkkala, which is even closer to Helsinki than is Hanko. Finland had to undertake to pay a war indemnity to the Soviet Union in...
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Europe since 1945: An Encyclopedia - Vol. 2
Book by Bernard A. Cook; Garland, 2001
Subjects: Europe--Civilization--1945- Encyclopedias, Europe--History--1945---Encyclopedias, European Cooperation--Encyclopedias, Political Leadership--Europe--Encyclopedias, Politicians--Europe--Encyclopedias, Statesmen--Europe--Encyclopedias
...president in 1994, was born in Vyborg. Hope for the return of Karelia were expressed openly until 1955, when the USSR returned Porkkala to Finland. However, the issue became politically taboo, and during the crisis of 1956-61, when Finnish political parties jockeyed...
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journal articles on: Porkkala  - 4 results

 
 
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European Security and the German Question
Journal article by Ulich Albrecht; World Policy Journal, Vol. 1, 1984
Subjects: World Politics
...reached; in 1956 , the U.S.S.R. restored to Finland the Porkkala naval base (a base that, in Soviet hands, had posed an enormous...arrived at in isolation. When the Soviet Union released the Porkkala base in 1956 , it also announced its acceptance of Yugoslavian...
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Comrades and Adversaries: Yugoslav-Soviet Conflict in 1948 -- a Reappraisal
Journal article by Nebojsa Bjelakovic; East European Quarterly, Vol. 33, 1999
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula--Strategic aspects, Communist countries--Social aspects, Soviet Union, Soviet foreign relations--Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Yugoslavian foreign relations
...In 1955 the USSR signed the Austrian State Treaty, established diplomatic relations with Bonn and returned the naval base of Porkkala to Finland. Moscow also, in 1955, joined a variety of international organizations, such as the UNESCO and the ILO...
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Book Reviews and Notes
Journal article by Detlev Vagts, Laura Bocalandro, David J. Bederman, Keith Highet, John N. Hazard, G. E. Do Nascimento E Silva, Gary Hufbauer; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 82, 1988
Subjects: International Relations--Periodicals
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Personal P[M.Sub.2.5] Exposure and Markers of Oxidative Stress in Blood
Journal article by Mette Sorensen, Bahram Daneshvar, Max Hansen, Lars O. Dragsted, Ole Hertel, Lisbeth Knudsen, Steffen Loft; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, 2003
...metal content and bioreactivity. Chem Res Toxicol 14:879-887. Salonen JT, Nyyssonen K, Salonen R, Lakka HM, Kaikkonen J, Porkkala-Sarataho E, et al. 2000. Antioxidant Supplementation in Atherosclerosis Prevention (ASAP) study: a randomized trial of the...


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magazine articles on: Porkkala  - 3 results

 
 
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A Northern Paradox: How Finland Survived the Cold War
Magazine article by Anthony James; Contemporary Review, Vol. 264, March 1994
Subjects: Finland--Politics and government, Self-determination, National--Analysis
...territorial losses to the USSR and more ominously, the leasing of the Porkkala base to the Russians for fifty years, as well as crippling...that year the Soviet government gave up the military based at Porkkala near Helsinki though the mutual assistance treaty was extended...
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Greatest Wartime Sea Tragedy Becomes Major Film
Magazine article by Stefan Semerdjiev; Sea Classics, Vol. 40, September 2007
...inactivity, the level of battle training of the crew was low. Thereafter, the first mission of M-96 was to patrol around the Porkkala lighthouse on the Finish coast. Soon the German heavy artillery barge (Schwerer Artillerie-Trager) SAT-4 Helena appeared, escorted...
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Afghan Negotiations: Can the Pieces Fit into the Puzzle?
Magazine article by Lawrence Lifschultz; The Nation, Vol. 242, May 31, 1986
Subjects: Afghan foreign relations--Soviet Union, Armed Forces in foreign countries, Soviet--Afghanistan, Soviet Union, Soviet foreign relations--Afghanistan, United States--International relations
...regime in Kabul would occur in parallel with the phased withdrawal of Soviet forces, as had occurred during the precedent of Porkkala in Finland. Two outstanding questions remained to be negotiated in June 1983: the withdrawal period for Soviet forces and...


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newspaper articles on: Porkkala  - 3 results

 
 
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Travel NORTHERN EXPOSURE; SARAH BATLEY Uncovers the Naked Truth of Life in Finland
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), October 4, 2009
...Activities include a high-wire action course among the forest, plus wooden chalets and a Lapp tipi to rent (www.seaction.com or www.porkkala.net). Finland spends a large part of the year under snow and ice and so locals take any chance they can to enjoy the outdoors...
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Northern Exposure; Sarah Batley Enjoyed Her Trip to FInland, despite the Naked Saunas with Strangers on a Bed of Rhubarb Leaves. My Holiday
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 26, 2009
...company SEAction, with a high-wire action course among the forest, plus wooden chalets and a Lapp tipi to rent (seaction.com or porkkala.net). Finland spends a large part of the year under snow and ice and so locals take any chance they can to enjoy the outdoors...
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Northern Exposure
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 22, 2009
...company SEAction, with a high-wire action course among the forest, plus wooden chalets and a Lapp tipi to rent (seaction.com or porkkala.net). Finland spends a large part of the year under snow and ice and so locals take any chance they can to enjoy the outdoors...


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encyclopedia articles on: Porkkala  - 4 results

 
 
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Porkkala
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PORKKALA pork kala, small, strategic peninsula, Southern Finland prov., in the Gulf of Finland, near Helsinki. Under the Soviet-Finnish...
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Hanko
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Finnish-Russian War (1939 40). The USSR exchanged it for a 50-year lease on the Porkkala district in 1944; however, in 1956 the Soviet Union evacuated Porkkala. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the...
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Finland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the USSR was given a lease on the Porkkala peninsula near Helsinki. In addition...USSR was given a 50-year lease to the Porkkala region. About 420,000 Finns left the...amount by about $74 million. In 1956 Porkkala was returned to Finland. In the immediate...
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Union negotiated a peace treaty with Austria (1955), established diplomatic relations with West Germany (1955), restored the Porkkala naval base to Finland (1955), dissolved the Cominform (1956), allowed foreigners to travel in the USSR, and set up cultural...


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