Murmansk Rebellion

The Murmansk Rebellion was a rebellion that began in 1955 and ended some two years later in 1957. The rebellion began after German forces left the Kola Peninsula following their loss in the West Russian War, leaving behind an angry Russian population that sought to unite with the WRRF.
Initially the Finnish government was willing to give some concessions to the Russians of Murmansk, however after the declaration of the Murmansk People's Republic, alongside a Russian attack on Finnish soldiers, the Finnish attitude to the Russian population became harsher.
After initial success which saw Murmansk and much of the Kola Peninsula fall to Russian rebels, the Finnish retaliation was harsh and utilized anti-Communist Russian collaborationists as well as a far-right militia that had been trained under the Waffen-SS.
== Aftermath ==
=== Estonian Settlement ===
After the failure of the rebellion, the Finnish government - under pressure from the powerful Patriotic People's Movement - decided it needed to commit to a population transfer from the Kola Peninsula and Karelia. It was agreed that the native Russians would be transferred to the Reichskommissariat Moskowien under German supervision while a substantial number of Estonians would be moved from Reichskommissariat Ostland to replace the evicted Russians.
An estimated 350,000 Russians were forced out of the Kola and Karelian regions, of whom some 80,000 died in transit. To replace them the Finnish government took in around 250,000 Estonians, many of whom were sent to Murmansk to populate what had effectively become a ghost town.
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