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... Finland . Finland has been populated since the end of the Stone Age ; in the 1st millennium AD , Fin- nish tribes entered the area and pushed the aboriginal Lapps northward . Even before the beginning of the Vi- king Age , Swedes had ...
... Finland . Finland has been populated since the end of the Stone Age ; in the 1st millennium AD , Fin- nish tribes entered the area and pushed the aboriginal Lapps northward . Even before the beginning of the Vi- king Age , Swedes had ...
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... Finland poorly , reaching its nadir when the strong fortress of Sveaborg near Helsingfors was handed over to the Russians by treason . The Russians advanced as far as Umeå in Sweden . Finally , in 1809 , a bitter peace was made at ...
... Finland poorly , reaching its nadir when the strong fortress of Sveaborg near Helsingfors was handed over to the Russians by treason . The Russians advanced as far as Umeå in Sweden . Finally , in 1809 , a bitter peace was made at ...
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... Finland as a sovereign state , two problems had to be faced . The first was in connection with the eastern boundary , where in- fluential groups wished to annex East Karelia . By the Treaty of Tartu ( Dorpat ) in 1920 , however , the ...
... Finland as a sovereign state , two problems had to be faced . The first was in connection with the eastern boundary , where in- fluential groups wished to annex East Karelia . By the Treaty of Tartu ( Dorpat ) in 1920 , however , the ...
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