English Translation

GEOP R E SS Nr.282 (40/21) April_1940 AMENDMENT IN THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SOWJETUNION On March 3, 1940, the Autonomous Karelian Soviet Republic, which until now formed part of the Federation of Russia, was transformed into a member state of the Soviet Union. At the same time, the largest part of the territories assigned from Finland to the Soviet Union in the Treaty of 1 February 1940 were incorporated into the new member state and its name changed to Finno Karelia. The Soviet Union now consists of the following two states: qkm population Armenia 30,000 1,282.000 iserbeidshan 86,000 3,210,000 Finno Karelia 164,000 470.000 Georgia 69,600 3,542,000 Kazakhstan 2,744,500 6,146,000 Kyrgyzstan 196,700 1,460.000 Russia (Foederation) 16,377,000 108:811,000 Tadshikistan 143,900 1,485,000 Turkmenistan 443,600 1,254,000 Ukraine 538,700 38,225,000 Uzbekistan 378,300 6,282,000 Belarus 227,800 9,811,000 SOWJETUNION 21,399,500 181,978.600 In addition, in recent months, the Soviet Union has leased military sites on the bordering Baltic States, identified by numbers on the map: l= Hangö (in Finland); 2= Baltic port; 4= Oesel; 3= Dagö (all three in Estonia); 5= Windau; 6= Libau (both in Latvia); 7= Alytus (in Lithuania). [GEOPRESS]