Karelian question

The Karelian question or Karelian issue is a dispute in <a href="/facts/Politics_of_Finland/ubMJetcT">Finnish politics</a> over whether to try to regain control over eastern <a href="/facts/Karelia/T5WUp69y">Karelia</a> and other territories ceded to the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a> in the <a href="/facts/Winter_War/7xKG5CU5">Winter War</a> and the <a href="/facts/Continuation_War/cPEIVbUq">Continuation War</a>. Despite the name "Karelian question", the term may refer also to the return of <a href="/facts/Pechengsky_District/Y3SFP0jE">Petsamo</a>, ceded parts of <a href="/facts/Salla/jJCQGp3A">Salla</a> and <a href="/facts/Kuusamo/EjE8g2eB">Kuusamo</a>, and four islands in the <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Finland/rXE4CB5m">Gulf of Finland</a>. Sometimes the phrase "debate on the return of the ceded territories" (luovutettujen alueiden palautuskeskustelu, <a href="/facts/Swedish_language/1DkSIXkH">Swedish</a>: debatten om tillbakalämningen av de avträdda territorierna) is used. The Karelian question remains a matter of public debate rather than a political issue.

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Karelian question