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Sisu and Sovereignty: Finnish Epochs Enigma
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Frostbitten Soviet conflict testing Finnish resolve
  • 2. Fortress pivotal in Swedish-Russian Baltic history
  • 3. Marshal who steered Finland through global strife
  • 5. Epic anthology inspiring Finnish nationalism
  • 7. Swedish-speaking Finnish cultural nationalist group
  • 9. Part of Austro-Hungarian Empire unrelated but often confused historically
  • 10. Finnish term denoting the Soviet invasion of 1939-40
  • 14. Swedish book documenting northern Finnish culture in 1673
  • 18. Dynasty impacting Eastern Finland through Novgorod ties
Down
  • 4. Alliance Finland sought during independence turmoil
  • 6. Civil guard militia prominent in independence struggle
  • 8. Poet whose verses became national emblem
  • 11. Mythical artifact fueling prosperity in epic lore
  • 12. ‘Kin wars’ aimed at uniting Finnic peoples
  • 13. ‘Great Wrath’ period of Russian occupation in 1714–1721
  • 15. Finnish-Swedish bilingualism shaping cultural policies
  • 16. Status Finland held under Russian czar before independence
  • 17. Ethnic region contested during WWII conflicts
  • 19. Conservative landowner faction influencing 19th-century politics

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