The Karelian Labor Commune (Karel´skaia Trudovaia Kommuna, KTK) was established in 1920 as an
autonomous region following the successes of the
Red Army's incursion into the
Republic of Uhtua on 18 May 1920.
Edvard Gylling and
Yrjö Sirola, former members of the government of the
Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, met with
Lenin in the
Kremlin
The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty, Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of th ...
to propose autonomy for Karelia within the
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (. The KTK was founded on 8 June 1920.
Juridical status
The 1918
constitution of the RSFSR created provision for
Labour Communes to be established within the territory of the RSFSR.
Concentration camps
The KTK was faced with a labour shortage which prevented them from effectively developing the economy through timber exports and industrialisation following the turmoil of the previous years. In a dispute with the
Olonets Governorate, based in
Petrozavodsk, Gylling attempted to gain control of the Neglinka saw mill, along with a nearby
concentration camp run by the
Cheka
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission ( rus, Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия, r=Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya, p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə tɕrʲɪzvɨˈtɕæjnəjə kɐˈmʲisʲɪjə), abbreviated ...
.
References
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