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The Karelian ASSR was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
. Its capital was Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk is the Capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, with a population of 266,160 . It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers....
 (Petroskoi).

The first incarnation of the Karelian A.S.S.R. existed from 1923 until 1940. It was a territory within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian SFSR

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
.

From 1940 to 1956, territory annexed from Finland was incorporated with the previous Karelian Autonomous Republic to form the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, which had the status of a union republic in the federal structure of the Soviet Union.






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The Karelian ASSR was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
. Its capital was Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk is the Capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, with a population of 266,160 . It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some 27 kilometers....
 (Petroskoi).

The first incarnation of the Karelian A.S.S.R. existed from 1923 until 1940. It was a territory within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian SFSR

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
.

From 1940 to 1956, territory annexed from Finland was incorporated with the previous Karelian Autonomous Republic to form the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, which had the status of a union republic in the federal structure of the Soviet Union. Only about 10% of the population of this region was of Karelian
Karelians

The Karelians are a Baltic Finns ethnic group living mostly in the Republic of Karelia and in other north-western parts of the Russian Federation....
 or Finnish ethnic background.

On 16 July 1956, Karelia (sometimes spelled Carelia) was downgraded from a Union Republic to an A.S.S.R., and retroceded to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

In the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
, the status of Autonomous SSR
Autonomous republics of the Soviet Union

Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics of the Soviet Union were administrative units created for certain nations. The ASSRs had a status lower than the republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union, but higher than the autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union and the autonomous okrugs of the Soviet Union....
 was considered lower than the status of SSR, although nominally both stood for Soviet Socialist Republic.

Administration


Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

  • Aleksandr Vasilevich Shotman (June 25, 1923 - 1924)
  • Aleksandr Fyodorovich (December 1924 - May 1928)
  • Nikolay Aleksandrovich Yushchyev (January 1929 - January 13, 1934)
  • Vasiliy Petrovich Averkyev (January 13, 1934 - 1935)
  • Nikolay Vasilyevich Arkhipov (February 1935 - November 1937)
  • Mark Vasilyevich Gorbachev (November 1937 - March 31, 1940)
  • Pavel Stepanovich Prokkonen (July 16, 1956 - July 18, 1979)
  • N. Kalinin (acting) (July 18, 1979 - August 18, 1979)
  • Ivan Pavlovich Mankin (August 18, 1979 - March 9, 1984)
  • N. Kalinin (acting) (March 9, 1984 - April 18, 1984)
  • Ivan Ilyich Senkin (April 18, 1984 - December 12, 1985)
  • V. Cheremovsky (acting) (December 12, 1985 - January 21, 1986)
  • Kuzma Filippovich Filatov (January 21, 1986 - December 27, 1989)
  • Viktor Nikolayevich Stepanov (December 27, 1989 - April 18, 1990)