Ka cika wannan jumlar: Yaƙin hunturu tsakanin Finland da Soviet Union ya ɓarke a watan Nuwamba na 1939. Lokacin da aka sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Zaman Lafiya ta Moscow a watan Maris na 1940, an rasa Viipuri kuma an bar shi ne kawai na yankin gundumar da kungiyoyi huɗu, Simpeleen Urheilijat (SiU) daga Simpele, YVPS, Etelä-Saimaan Kisa (ESK) daga Lauritsala da Lappeenrannan Urheilu-Miehet (LUM) daga Lappeenranta. Saboda wannan gundumar ta ƙaura hedkwatarta zuwa Lappeenranta, inda aka yi babban taro na farko a Satumba 1940. A cikin 1942 an yi taron gunduma a Imatra, kuma a cikin 1943 ci gaban Finnish a cikin
Yaƙin Ci gaba ya ba da izinin gundumar ta koma Viipuri na ɗan lokaci. A ƙarshe, lokacin da yaƙin ya ƙare a watan Satumba na 1944, an riƙe iyakokin da aka zana a 1940 kuma gundumar ta koma Lappeenranta.