On 20 December 1920, the Karelian United Government formed in exile in
Finland as a merger of the
Uhtua Government and the
Olonets Government of Southern Karelia. 11 days later, on 31 December, Finland ceded
Repola and
Porajärvi to the
Russian Soviet Socialist Republic. On 21 April 1921, the
Republic of Eastern Karelia (
Itä Karjala) was declared independent. Between October 1921 and February 1922 Karelian military troops, supported by the KUG, moved from Finnish territory into
Eastern Karelia. The
Forest Guerrillas, who were the main
anti-Bolshevik resistance movement during the
Heimosodat in
Karelia were driven across the border into Finland by 1922. From December 1922 until February 1923 East Karelia was occupied by the
Soviet Union. On 23 July 1923, the
Permanent Court of Arbitration refused to state an advisory opinion on the status of Karelia regarding the
Treaty of Tartu. Later that year the exile government was dissolved. ==References==