The Republic of North Ingria ( fi, Pohjois-Inkerin tasavalta), Ingrian: ''Pohja-inkeriläin respublikka)'' or Republic of Kirjasalo ( fi, Kirjasalon tasavalta, Ingrian: ''Kirjsalon respublikka'') was a short-lived, small state for the Ingrian Finns in the southern part of the

Karelian Isthmus The Karelian Isthmus (russian: Карельский перешеек, Karelsky peresheyek; fi, Karjalankannas; sv, Karelska näset) is the approximately stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern ...

, which seceded from

Bolshevist Russia The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

after the

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. Its aim by most proponents was to ultimately be incorporated into the Kingdom of Finland, and it ruled parts of Northern Ingria from 1919 until 1920. With the Peace Treaty of Tartu, it was re-integrated into

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; however, Ingrian Finns of this area enjoyed a certain degree of national

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until the 1930s in compliance with the policy of national delimitation in the Soviet Union. In 1928 the Kuivaisi National District was established there with its administrative base in Toksovo. In 1939 it was abolished and the area was joined to the

Pargolovo Pargolovo (russian: Па́рголово, fi, Parkala, german: Pargola) is a municipal settlement in the Vyborgsky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Until the late 20th century, it was the city's northern suburb. The name derives from ''Parko ...

district.Kurs, Ott (1994)
Ingria: The broken landbridge between Estonia and Finland
''

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'' 33.1, 107-113. Today, it is the north-eastern part of

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Ingria on Fire: A little-known episode of the White Movement
, including a map of Finnish

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s. {{coord, 60, 28, 43, N, 30, 05, 28, E, region:RU-LEN_type:city_source:kolossus-ruwiki, display=title 1920 disestablishments in Russia Ingria Post–Russian Empire states History of the Karelian Isthmus States and territories established in 1919 Finland–Russia relations Finland–Soviet Union relations Political history of Finland Separatism in Russia Short-lived governments and regimes

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