State · 1939 – 1940
Finnish Democratic Republic
A state of 1939 – 1940 — one year in Europe. The atlas holds its heads of government, 1 terms. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- one year
- 1939 – 1940
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The Finnish Democratic Republic was dissolved and merged into the Karelo-Finnish SSR upon the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Heads of government
The line of head of government, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Otto Wille Kuusinen | 1939 – … |
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedSeal of the Finnish Democratic Republic · CC0
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood1 years
stood longer than 3% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1929 – 1950, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1940, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q62519 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.