On 1 December 1939, the Soviet Union formed a puppet government, called the Finnish Democratic Republic and headed by Otto Wille Kuusinen, in the parts of Finnish Karelia occupied by the Soviets.
O 1 de decembro de 1939, a Unión Soviética creou un goberno tírete chamado República Democrática de Finlandia, e encabezado por Otto Wille Kuusinen, nas partes da Carelia Finlandesa ocupadas polos soviéticos.