A 16th entity, the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, was also established in 1940, but was assimilated into the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic – the mother ship, as it were ...

The 16 Soviet Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are just the beginning. There are 189 races and peoples in the Soviet Union and they speak 150 languages, practice 40 religions, ...

Tallinn was the capital of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic at the time. Presenting statues was a common practice by Moscow at the time to celebrate the Finnish-Soviet friendship. Russia and ...