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The Finnish Church and Russian Imperialism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

T. A. Kantonen
Affiliation:
Hamma Divinity School

Extract

Of all the nations which during the second World War took up arms against Russia, Finland alone has escaped military occupation and retained her independence. An American visitor to this farthest European out post of Western democracy against Soviet expansion Worship, and of the press, which prevails there, especially when he bears in mind the fate of the nations on the southern side of the Gulf of Finland. The Finns, to be sure, exert every effort to maintain diplomatically “correct” relations with their powerful eastern neighbor. Their most recent treaty of peace with Russia forbids them to enter into foreign alliances such as the Atlantic Pact Which are objectionable to the Russians, and the Finns realize that their geographical position does not permit them to violate the treaty.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Church History 1951

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