_the-winter-war-the-finnish-russian-war-1939-40.jpg "The Winter War - The Finnish Russian War 1939-40 from old mom russian Video Screenshot Preview")
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⏲ Duration: 6 min 98 sec
✓ Published: 19-Nov-2014
✓ Published: 19-Nov-2014
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Irene (Helsinki) and Kikka (Karelian Isthmus) share their stories of the war against the Soviet Union during 1939-40.nnThe only sense of Finnish culture my mother passed down to my brother and I, was burying an almond in a mound of rice pudding on Christmas Eve. For whomever found it, had good luck for that upcoming year.nnMy mother just never talked about her childhood in Finland, but we also never asked.nnIt wasn’t until my Mom was diagnosed with cancer that she started to recall her childho
Irene (Helsinki) and Kikka (Karelian Isthmus) share their stories of the war against the Soviet Union during 1939-40.nnThe only sense of Finnish culture my mother passed down to my brother and I, was burying an almond in a mound of rice pudding on Christmas Eve. For whomever found it, had good luck for that upcoming year.nnMy mother just never talked about her childhood in Finland, but we also never asked.nnIt wasn’t until my Mom was diagnosed with cancer that she started to recall her childho
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