Word: mainil
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Soviet Government announced, Finnish troops suddenly opened artillery fire on Soviet troops stationed near Mainil, on the Karelian Isthmus, where Finns have their strongest fortifications. Four Red Army soldiers were killed, nine wounded. That was all Soviet Premier-Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotov needed to call in Finnish Ambassador Baron Aarno Armas Yrjo-Koskinen and hand him a note...
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