Both the Russian and German empires had political, economic and military interests in the Finnish region.

Both political groups, therefore, agreed on the need for Finnish sovereignty, despite strong disagreement on the selection of its leadership.

Both of these opposed Swedish support for the Whites, because they had co-operated with the German Empire and fought against the Finnish Social Democrats.

Both Himanen and Torvalds were inspired by the Sampo in Finnish mythology.

Both forms of secondary education last three years, and give a formal qualification to enter university or ammattikorkeakoulu, i. e. Finnish polytechnics.

Both are particularly typical of Southwestern Finnish, but through internal migration to capital from there with the help of TV spread to rest of the language area.

Both the Swedish-speaking Åbo Akademi University ( 1918 ) and the Finnish speaking University of Turku ( 1920 ) are much newer entities in Turku, although they claim an academic tradition at the location since the 17th century, in spite of a break for almost a century.

Both Ingrian Finnish and Izhorian populations all but disappeared from Ingria during the Soviet period.

Both German and Finnish forces had the goal of encircling Leningrad and maintaining the blockade perimeter, thus cutting off all communication with the city and preventing the defenders from receiving any food or supplies.

Both tonttu and tomte are related to the words tontti ( Finnish ) and tomt ( Swedish ).

Both the single and the EP of this release remained on the top of the Finnish charts simultaneously for over six weeks.

Both in the 1920s and in the 1930s, the main challenge for the Social Democrats was the rehabilitation after the Finnish Civil War, in which the Social Democrats had belonged to the defeated side.

Both the Finnish Social Democratic Party and the Finnish Centre Party improved their vote at the expense of the conservative National Coalition Party and the Greens.

Both its Finnish and Swedish names mean literally " new town ".

Pesäpallo (;, also referred to as " Finnish baseball ") is a fast-moving ball sport that is quite often referred to as the national sport of Finland and has some presence in other countries, such as Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, and Northern Ontario in Canada ( Both Canada and Australia have high Finnish and Scandinavian populations ).

Both Se ei mee pois and Tarkkaillaan have Finnish lyrics ( and Finnish titles ).

Both Swedish and Finnish are compulsory school subjects.

Both officials may call any Finnish authorities to render such assistance as they deem fit.

Both republics and the Soviet Union joined the UN when the organization was founded in 1945.

Both World Wars were largely focused upon Europe, greatly contributing to a decline in Western European dominance in world affairs by the mid-20th century as the United States and Soviet Union took prominence.

Both Soviet political ( KGB ) and military intelligence ( GRU ) officers were judged by the number of agents they recruited.

Both superpower leaders, U. S. President Harry S. Truman ( de facto ) and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, immediately recognized the new state.

Both treaties have been abrogated by Finland since the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, while leaving the borders untouched.

Both the United States and the Soviet Union competed to make India an ally throughout the Cold War.

Both peasants and Soviet officials were often uncertain as to what constituted a kulak.

Both of the referenda failed, but the country entered into the worst political crisis since the independence from the Soviet Union, together with the economic situation severely deteriorating, due to the world financial crisis.

Both countries have interests with each other since the Soviet Union.

Both the Minin and Pozharskiy statue and the Lobnoye Mesto were once located more centrally in Red Square but were moved to their current locations to facilitate the large military parades of the Soviet era.

Both the Soviet Union and the U. S. launched artificial satellites for this event ; the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 October 4 1957 was the first successful artificial satellite.

Both the Soviet Union and United States deported and interned minority groups within their own borders, and largely due to this conflict later many ethnic Germans were expelled in much of Eastern Europe.

Both the court and the parliament faced severe pressure from the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom during the process.

Both before and after the German occupation on 25 June, the anti-Communists began to attack Jews, blaming them for the Soviet repressions, especially along Jurbarko and Kriščiukaičio streets. The Lithuanian provisional government established a concentration camp at the Seventh Fortress, one of the city's ten historic forts, and 4, 000 Jews were rounded up and murdered there.

Both of them received their current appearance after World War II, as their predecessors were either damaged or destroyed by the Soviet Armed Forces.

Both he and compatriot Michael Stean defeated the tournament winner Alexander Beliavsky, but were unable to match the Soviet player's ruthlessness in dispatching lesser opponents.

Both Germany and the Soviet Union were left vulnerable in the period following the end of World War I. Germany had lost the war, leaving it diplomatically isolated, and the Treaty of Versailles after the war led to the loss of German territories, German disarmament, and the cession of German territories.

Both the authorities and the youths themselves blamed the NEP for corrupting Soviet youth culture.

Both Reagan and new British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher denounced the Soviet Union and its ideology.

Both Polish and Soviet forces had also been engaging the Ukrainian forces, and active fighting was going on in the territories of the Baltic countries ( cf.

Both the Soviet and Polish advances began around the same time in April ( Polish forces started a major offensive on 16 April ), resulting in increasing numbers of troops arriving in the area.

Both of these accomplishments helped the United States overcome the Soviet Union's early lead in the Space Race.

Both France and Great Britain were ready to fight for control of the region and both sent troops to North America in 1755 ; war was formally declared in 1756.

Both Motoyasu's Mikawa troops and the Monto forces were using the new gunpowder weapons which the Portuguese had introduced to Japan just 20 years earlier.

Both commanders take turns to ride amongst their troops.

Both the French and the Allies sent envoys to Charles's camp, and the French hoped to encourage him to turn his troops against the Emperor Joseph I, who Charles felt had slighted him by his support for Augustus.

Both Western and Muslim histories agree that while trying to stop the retreat, ‘ Abd-al-Raḥmân became surrounded, which led to his death, and the Umayyad troops then withdrew altogether to their camp.

Both William and Harald at once set about assembling troops and ships for an invasion.

Both were almost completely destroyed when on 21 September 1665, troops from Münster set fire to them.

Both troops and the ship are funded by the Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust ; other funding comes from the annual May tag sale at the Scout Cabin on West Avenue, which has raised more than $ 50, 000 in some years.

( Both Bean and Monash, however, having seen the very worst excesses of British military doctrines and the waste of life on the Western Front, were determined that the role of the commander was to look after, and protect as far as possible, the troops under their command.

Both sides had forces in the area numbering in the vicinity of 80, 000 men, but the French were able to more effectively concentrate their troops in order to achieve victory against the First Coalition.

Both sides did without food-the Russians because of their habitual disorganization, the French because of problems with the roads, the weather, and the crush of troops hurrying towards the battle.

Both sides interpreted this to mean that Colonel Smith was arriving in force, and Hyder's troops began to retreat.

Both armies consisted mostly of inexperienced and sometimes ill-equipped troops.

* Both major parties of Kurdistan, an autonomous region in Northern Iraq, vow to fight Turkish troops if they enter Kurdistan to capture Mosul or interfere in Kurdish self-rule.

Both sides finally agreed that the troops could not remain at Anzio, but Lucas received somewhat equivocal orders.

Both of the American's cannons were captured, and the British turned them on the fleeing troops.

Both sides exchanged heavy fire the next day, with British troops expending 70, 000 rounds of rifle ammunition and 120 rounds of shot and shell and suffering three deaths and 20 wounded.

Both the Americans and the British trained their troops to take cover from the fire of an MG 42, and assault the position during the small window of barrel replacement.

Both expeditions would converge upon Albany, where they would link up with troops from Howe's army marching up the Hudson.

Both sides sent for reinforcements: Ford arrived with the remainder of his cavalry force and six French guns ( for a total of 300 men ), while Barrett came with 200 troops of the 34th Indiana in nine understrength companies.

Both sides attempted to break the stalemate and Kozakuran troops led by Honda no Motosune launched a naval strike against the Waan ships and for days battles raged on the decks of 300 ships.

Both Nader and Camejo said the main reason they ran in the 2004 election was because there were no other national candidates demanding an immediate withdrawal of American troops from what they believe is an immoral and unconstitutionally pursued War in Iraq ( though Green David Cobb, Libertarian Michael Badnarik, Constitution Party candidate Michael Peroutka, Socialist Party USA candidate Walt Brown and Socialist Workers Party candidate Róger Calero also opposed the war to varying degrees.

Both parties forced the town population to support their troops.

Both William and his overlord Baldwin II, now dispossessed of Constantinople, had hoped for aid from King Manfred of Sicily, who had sent troops to aid William at Pelagonia.