| Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR | |
| Native Name: | Верховный Совет Карело-Финской ССР |
| Legislature: | Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940-1956) |
| House Type: | Supreme Soviet[1] |
| Coa Caption: | Emblem of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Established: | 1940 |
| Disbanded: | 1956 |
| Preceded By: | Supreme Soviet of the Karelian ASSR (ru) |
| Succeeded By: | Supreme Soviet of the Karelian ASSR (ru) |
| Last Election1: | 1955 |
| Leader1 Type: | Chairman |
The Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR (Russian: Верховный Совет Карело-Финской ССР tr. Verkhovnyy Sovet Karelo-Finskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Karelo-Finnish SSR. The Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR was established in June 1940 when the third session of the First Convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian ASSR adopted the law of transforming the Karelian ASSR into the Karelo-Finnish SSR.[2] The first elections of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR took place on June 16, 1940, and the first session of the first convocation took place on November 8, 1940.[3] The Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR was disbanded in August 1956 when the Karelo-Finnish SSR was demoted to an autonomous soviet socialist republic on July 16, 1956.[4]
| Portrait | Chairman | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Sorokin | 1940 | 1947 | ||
| Adolf Taimi | 1947 | 1955 | ||
| Ivan Sogiyainen | 1955 | 1956 |