The Law of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
On the reorganization of the Karelian-Finnish SSR
into the Karelian ASSR
and joining in the Karelian ASSR with the RSFSR

July 16, 1956

Taking into the concederation the wishes of the working class of the Karelian-Finnish SSR, taking into account the national composition of population, the common of economics, close economic and cultural relations of the Karelian-Finnish Republic with the RSFSR, the Supreme Soviet of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics decrees:

Article 1. To meet the request of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian-Finnish SSR on the reorganization of the Karelian-Finnish Soviet Socialistic Republic into the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialistic Republic.

Article 2. To approve the reqwests of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian-Finnish SSR and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of RSFSR and to join the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialistic Republic into the structure of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialistic Republic.

The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
K.Voroshilov

The Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
N.Pegov

Kremlin, Moskow