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There were two waves of the Finnish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union during World War II: POWs during the Winter War and the Continuation War.[1]

  1. ^ V. Galitsky (1997) "Finnish Prisoners of War in NKVD Camps (1939–1953)" ISBN 5-7873-0005-X (in Russian)

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