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1940
June
21
Coups in the Baltic states
On 21 June 1940, under cover of Soviet tanks, “popular” coups were staged in Tallinn and Riga. Päts had to appoint a Vares government chosen by Zhdanov.
1941
December
21
Famine in Leningrad
In December 1941 almost 53,000 people died of hunger and cold in besieged Leningrad, and the death rate rose from week to week.
1944
January
27
Key event
The end of the siege of Leningrad
On 27 January 1944 Leningrad marked the end of the siege with a salute from 324 guns. It had lasted 872 days and cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
September
19
The Moscow Armistice
On 19 September 1944 Finland signed an armistice with the USSR and Britain in Moscow. It returned to the 1940 border, ceded Petsamo and accepted reparations.