Estonia in World War II When Soviet troops marched into Estonia the guns of both nations gave mutual salutes, and bands played both the Estonian anthem and the Internationale, the anthem of the USSR, at the time. Similar demands were forwarded to Finland, Latvia and Lithuania. Finland resisted, and was attacked by the Soviet Union on November 30. Because the attack was judged as illegal, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations on December 14. Finland held out in the Winter War until March 1940, when the Moscow Peace Treaty was signed. The first population loss for Estonia was the repatriation of
Women in Finland Estonia, and on the west by the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden, and on the north/north west by Norway. ¼ of the territory is north of the Arctic Circle. Total Population: 5,364,546 Men Population: 2,632,309 Women Population: 2,732,237 Years for Total Population: 79.69 Male: 76.24 years Female: 83.29 years The area that in 1809 became Finland was a group of integral provinces of the Kingdom of Sweden for over 600 years, signifying that also women in Finland were allowed to vote during the Swedish Age of Liberty (1718–1772), when suffrage was granted to tax-paying female members of guilds The predecessor