The Republic of North Ingria (Finnish: Pohjois-Inkerin tasavalta) or Republic of Kirjasalo (Finnish: Kirjasalon tasavalta) was a short-lived state of Ingrian Finns in the southern part of the Karelian Isthmus, which seceded from Bolshevist Russia after the October Revolution. Its aim was to be incorporated into Finland. It ruled parts of Ingria from 1919 until 1920. With the Peace Treaty of Tartu it was re-integrated into Russia. However, Ingrian Finns of this area enjoyed a certain degree of national autonomy until the 1930s in compliance with the policy of national delimitation in the Soviet Union. In 1928 the Kuivaisi National District was established there with its administrative base in Toksovo. In 1939 it was abolished and the area was joined to the Pargolovo district.
| Start day | Start month | Start year | End day | End month | End year | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | July | 1919 | September | 1919 | Santeri Termonen | |
| 14 | September | November | Juho Pekka Kokko | |||
| 16 | November | May | 1920 | Georg Elfvengren | ||
| June | 1920 | 5 | December | Jukka Tirranen |
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“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it—to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)