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The State Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish SSR (Russian: Гимн Карело-Финской ССР, Gimn Karelo-Finskoj SSR; Finnish: Oma Karjalais-suomalaiskansamme maa, Cyrillic: Ома Карялаіс-суомалаіскансамме маа) was the national anthem of Karelia (now a federal subject of Russia) when it was a republic of the Soviet Union and known as the Karelo-Finnish SSR.
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Background
In 1945, the government of the Karelo-Finnish SSR held a competition for the creation of a state anthem. The winning entry (written by Armas Äikiä and composed by Karl Rautio) was adopted as the SSR's official anthem in the early 1950s until 1956 when it was re-absorbed into the Russian SFSR. It and the Estonian SSR anthem were the only ones not to mention the Russian people.
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Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA