Iron Curtain Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===== Land border to Finland and Norway ===== [[File:Russisch-finse grens. Grenswachtpatrioulles bij slagboom, Bestanddeelnr 254-7426.jpg|thumb|right|[[Finnish Border Guard]]s at the border area in 1967]] [[File:Finland-Russia border.jpg|thumb|right|the [[Finnish-Russian border]] line]] {{Further information|Finland–Russia border#Soviet-Finnish border during the Cold War|Norway–Russia border#Cold War}} The Soviet Union built a fence along the entire border towards [[Norway]] and [[Finland]]. It is located one or a few kilometres from the border, and has automatic alarms detecting if someone climbs over it. Historian Juha Pohjonen stated in a 2005 study that people who escaped the USSR to Finland were sent back, based on a policy that was implemented [[Unilateralism|unilaterally]] by [[Urho Kekkonen|Uhro Kekkonen]] when he took office in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finland repatriated Soviet defectors |url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/15746 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=[[History News Network]]|date=15 September 2005 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page