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On 6 March, a Finnish delegation led by [[Prime Minister of Finland|Prime Minister]] [[Risto Ryti]] travelled to Moscow. During the negotiations, the Red Army broke through the Finnish defence lines around [[Tali]] and were close to surrounding [[Viipuri]].
The Peace Agreement was signed on the evening of 12 March, Moscow time, i.e. 1 hour on March 13, Finnish time. The protocol appended to the treaty stipulated that the fighting should be ended at noon, [[Leningrad]] time (11:00 Finnish time),<ref>[http://heninen.net/sopimus/1940p_e.htm Protocol appended to the treaty of peace concluded between Finland and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 12 March 1940]</ref> and the fighting continued until that time.<ref>Степаков, Виктор, Евгений Балашов. [http://web.archive.org/web/20070928071121/http://kannas.nm.ru/new_district.pdf В «Новых районах»: Из истории освоения карельского перешейка, 1940-1941, 1944-1950]. Saint Petersburg: Нордмедиздат, 2001. p. 5</ref>
Finland was forced to cede nearly all of [[Finnish Karelia]] (with Finland's industrial center, including Vyborg/Viipuri, Finland's second largest city, Kakisalmi, Sortavala, and Suojarvi and the whole of Viipuri bay with its islands; in total, nearly 10% of the territory), even though large parts were still held by Finland's army. Military troops and remaining civilians were [[Evacuation of Finnish Karelia|hastily evacuated to inside the new border]]. 422,000 Karelians, 12% of Finland's population, lost their homes.
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