The Poet as Scientist: Why didn’t the USSR fully annex Finland after defeating them in the Winter War?

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Monday, June 17, 2024

Why didn’t the USSR fully annex Finland after defeating them in the Winter War?

Because they didn’t particularly want or need to annex all of Finland. They wanted to make Leningrad more defensible, so, they annexed territory providing a 100 mile buffer between Finland and Leningrad — previous to the war, Leningrad had been right on the Finnish border — and this why the Nazis were unable to conquer Leningrad during WWII. The Russians are very pragmatic, they aren’t bent on total world conquest, just security and prosperity for Russia. https://www.quora.com/Why-didn-t-the-USSR-fully-annex-Finland-after-defeating-them-in-the-Winter-War

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