Finland was forced to fight two disastrous wars with the Soviet Union. At the end of World War II. Finland was faced with two main tasks: First. paying more than onehalf billion dollars in reparations to Russia. and second. settling some 477.000 refugees. This was comparable to our having to pay an indemnity of $20 billion and settling 18 million refugees. Only through much sacrifice and determined effort were the Finns able to shoulder these formidable burdens. One of the cornerstones of Finlands foreign policy since the end of the last war has been that of not provoking the Bear to the east.
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