Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa23 June 1940, Lavrenty Beria weNKVD akarayira kuti Murmansk Oblast, yaisanganisira Kola Peninsula yose, icheneswe pa"vanhu vokune dzimwe nyika". Somugumisiro, vagari vose vokuNorway vakadzingwa kuti vagarezve muKarelo-Finnish SSR. Nokukurumidza vaifanira kutamawo ikoko, nemhaka yezvamanikidziro zvinopesvedzerwa ne
Kupinda kweFinland muSoviet Union muna 1941. Muchirimo cha1942, chikamu chikuru chakafa nenzara nokushaya zvokudya zvinovaka muviri.