North Ingria

Republic of North Ingria
Pohjois-Inkerin tasavalta
1919–1920
Flag Coat of arms
Location of North Ingria (in red), within the historical region of Ingria (in light beige).
Capital		Kirjasalo
Government		Republic
History
•	Established	January 23, 1919
•	Disestablished	December 5, 1920
Preceded by Succeeded by RSFSR RSFSR

The Republic of North Ingria (Finnish: Pohjois-Inkerin tasavalta) or Republic of Kirjasalo (Finnish: Kirjasalon tasavalta) was a short-lived state of Ingrian Finns in the southern part of the Karelian Isthmus, which seceded from Bolshevist Russia after the October Revolution. Its aim was to be incorporated into Finland. It ruled parts of Ingria from 1919 until 1920. With the Peace Treaty of Tartu it was re-integrated into Russia. However, Ingrian Finns of this area enjoyed a certain degree of national autonomy 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 district.^[1] Today, it is the north-eastern part of Vsevolozhsky District.

Chairmen of governing council

Start day	Start month	Start year	End day	End month	End year	Chair
9	July	1919		September	1919	Santeri Termonen
14	September			November		Juho Pekka Kokko
16	November			May	1920	Georg Elfvengren
	June	1920	5	December		Jukka Tirranen

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of North Ingria

References

1. Kurs, Ott (1994). Ingria: The broken landbridge between Estonia and Finland. GeoJournal 33.1, 107-113.

External links

• Ingria on Fire: A little-known episode of the White Movement (Russian), including a map of Finnish toponyms.

Coordinates: 60°28′43″N 30°05′28″E / 60.47861°N 30.09111°E