![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() REPUBLIC OF NORTH INGRIA (JULY 1919-OCT 1920)Ī national minority since the 1600s, Ingrian Finns declared independence in 1919 hoping to join an independent Finland. The flag and coat of arms were designed by renowned Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Karelian Finns declared independence in July 1919, initially seeking to join independent Finland, but the republic was defeated by the Red Army the following May. ![]() Somewhere ethnic minorities looking for autonomy, others were warlords claiming legitimacy through the veneer of a state, and some were early Soviet republics that didn’t survive until the formation of the USSR in 1922.īy then, most of these states were defeated and either dissolved or merged with Soviet Republics. In its wake, a multitude of independent entities was declared. The Russian Revolution of 1917 led to the collapse of the world’s largest multiethnic empire.
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