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==Soviet examples after 1939== {{main|Soviet satellite states}} ===Puppet states later absorbed into the Soviet Union=== [[File:Suomen-kansantasavalta.png|thumb|Map of the [[Finnish Democratic Republic]] (1939–40), a short-lived puppet state of the [[Soviet Union]]. Green indicates the area that the Soviet Union planned to cede to the Finnish Democratic Republic, and red the areas ceded to the Soviets.]] * {{Flagicon|Tuvan People's Republic}} [[Tuvan People's Republic]]{{disputed inline|date=December 2011}} (1921–1944) – Achieved independence from [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]] by means of local nationalist revolutions only to come under the domination of the Soviet Union in the 1920s. In 1944, Tannu Tuva was absorbed into the USSR. * {{Flagicon image|Socialist red flag.svg}} [[Finnish Democratic Republic]] (1939–1940) – The Finnish Democratic Republic was a short-lived republic in the parts of Finland that were occupied by the Soviet Union during the [[Winter War]]. It was also known as the "Terijoki Government", as [[Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg|Terijoki]] was the first town captured by the Soviets. The Finnish Democratic Republic was intended to govern Finland after Soviet conquest.<ref name=Tannerv>{{cite book |last=Tanner|first=Väinö |title=The Winter War: Finland Against Russia, 1939–1940, Volume 312 |location=Palo Alto |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1956| page= 114 }}</ref><ref name=Trotter>{{cite book |last=Trotter|first=William|title=A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939–1940 |publisher=Algonquin Books |year=2013| pages=58, 61 }}</ref> * {{Flagicon|Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|variant=1940}} [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]] (1940) – In June 1940, the [[Republic of Latvia (1918-1940)|Republic of Latvia]] was occupied by the Soviet Union and in July a government proclaimed Soviet power.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> In August 1940, Latvia was illegally annexed by the USSR.<ref name=malksoo/> * {{Flagicon|Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic|variant=1940}} [[Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic]] (1940) – In June 1940, the [[Republic of Lithuania (1918-1940)|Republic of Lithuania]] was occupied by the Soviet Union and in July a government proclaimed Soviet power.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> In August 1940, Lithuania was illegally annexed by the USSR.<ref name=malksoo/> * {{Flagicon|Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|variant=1940}} [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic]] (1940) – In June 1940, the [[History of Estonia (1920–1939)|Republic of Estonia]] was occupied by the Soviet Union and in July a government proclaimed Soviet power.<ref name="autogenerated1">The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Postcommunist States and Nations) David J. Smith from Front Matter {{ISBN|0-415-28580-1}}</ref><ref>Estonia: Identity and Independence: Translated into English (On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics) Jean-Jacques Subrenat, David Cousins, Alexander Harding, Richard C. Waterhouse. p. 246. {{ISBN|90-420-0890-3}}</ref> In August 1940, Estonia was illegally annexed by the USSR.<ref name=malksoo>{{Cite book|author=Mälksoo, Lauri|year=2003|title=Illegal Annexation and State Continuity: The Case of the Incorporation of the Baltic States by the USSR|location= Leiden – Boston|publisher= Brill| isbn= 90-411-2177-3}}</ref> * ===Soviet puppet states in Central Asia=== * {{Flagicon image|Azerbaijan people's government flag.svg}} [[Azerbaijan People's Government]] (1945–1946) – A short-lived state in [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|Iranian Azerbaijan]] after World War II.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|first=Hassan|last=Arfa|author-link=Hasan Arfa|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-6144/Reza-Shah-Pahlavi|title=Reza Shah Pahlavi: Shah of Iran: Policies as Shah|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica online|publisher=Britannica.com|access-date=25 November 2017}}</ref> * {{Flagicon|Republic of Mahabad}} [[Republic of Mahabad]] (1946–1947) – Officially known as the Republic of Kurdistan and established in several provinces of northwestern Iran, or what is known as [[Iranian Kurdistan]] and was a short-lived republic that sought Kurdish autonomy within the limits of the Iranian state. Iran retook control in December and the leaders of the state were executed in March 1947 in [[Mahabad]]. ===Other states under Soviet influence=== [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] was a communist state closely linked to the Soviet Union, but Yugoslavia retained autonomy within its own borders. After the [[Tito–Stalin split]] in 1948, the relationship between the two countries deteriorated significantly. Yugoslavia was expelled from the international organisations of the [[Eastern Bloc]]. After Stalin's death and a period of [[de-Stalinization]] by [[Nikita Khrushchev]], peace was restored, but the relationship between the two countries was never completely mended. Yugoslavia continued to pursue independent policies and became the founding member of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]].{{cn|date=May 2023}} The Soviet Union continued to exert some influence over the [[China|People's Republic of China]] before the [[Sino-Soviet split]] in 1961.
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