Karelian Isthmus

American  

noun

1. a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.

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Karelian Isthmus British  

noun

1. a strip of land, now in Russia, between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga: annexed by the former Soviet Union after the Russo-Finnish War (1939–40)

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Karelian Isthmus

"According to the official communique, I'm still advancing on the Karelian Isthmus."

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On the Karelian Isthmus Russian soldiers were still holding off Finnish assaults.

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Since General Grigory Stern took command in the Karelian Isthmus, the Russians have been digging in, bringing up artillery and ammunition, testing out the Finns' strength in occasional forays.

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Finland toppled reluctantly into the war as German drives developed on Murmansk in the far north and on Lenin grad across the scarred Karelian Isthmus.

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They took Hanko for the Whites, moved on to Helsinki, pushing the Reds back toward the Karelian Isthmus.

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