Military confrontation between the USSR and Finland in 1939-1944: on the question of selection of teaching material in studying cause-and-effect relationships

the article examines a set of issues related to the history of the military confrontation between the USSR and Finland in 1939-1944, the relevance of studying which in the school history course is determined not only by the tasks arising in connection with the program requirements for preparing students for the Unified State Exam, but also by the complexity of the current political situation, when, against the background of the conflict between the Russian Federation and the collective West, Finland, which had long maintained neutrality, joined NATO, which creates additional threats on the Baltic and northern borders of the Russian state. The authors of the article, relying on their own practical experience, when selecting the educational material necessary to cover the history of both the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940 and Finland's participation as Hitler's satellite in military operations in 1941-1944, place the main emphasis on revealing the cause-and-effect relationships that determined both the military confrontation between the Soviet state and the Republic of Suomi and the historical consequences of these conflicts. The material in this article is aimed at helping the modern teacher in the complex process of forming and subsequently developing in students the necessary skills to reveal the essence of historical conflicts, the ambiguous consequences of which often have a decisive influence on modern politics, through an analysis of the causes that determine historical processes.

Финляндия, СССР, «зимняя война», «война-продолжение», исторические причины и последствия, подготовка к ЕГЭ