Suomi SSR (21st Century Crisis)

The Suomi Soviet Socialist Republic (Finnish: Suomen Sosialistinen Neuvostotasavalta, Russian: Суоми Советская Социалистическая Республика) also known as the Suomi SSR or the Finnish SSR was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union, that was established in 1940 and disestablished in 1992.

In 1940, after the Treaty of Finland, signed between Scandinavia and the Soviet Union, Finland was divided into a Soviet-controlled east, and an independant west. The eastern part became the Suomi SSR, and was made up of Red Guard survivors of the Finnish Civil War. Because of their loyalty to the Soviet Union, Stalin's successor Sergei Sedov allowed the the Finnish SSR, to set up the Suomi Red Guard, which was an autonomous branch of the Red Army.

In 1992, with the collapse of communism, the Suomi SSR was integrated into the Republic of Finland. Karelia however, chose to stay within the Soviet Union.