The Finnish losses were 22,000 dead 1,400 missing and 44,000 wounded.We had a population of 3,7 million. The Soviet losses in men are supposed to be 300,000 dead and all losses (incl the dead) some 1 million men. Population of 200 million.
(Not discussing the material losts in the miniature roads in the middle of the Karelian forests).
After summer 1944 Stalin had tried to invade Finland during Winter war and the major offensive in summer 1944.Huge losses. So the situation after 1945 was not the same as in 1939 when Stalin believed it would be a piece of cake. Just like Germans underestimated Soviets , Stalin underestimated the Finnish soldiers. Definitely Stalin could take Finland but would he like to see the stats after that...donīt know about that. You know the Tali-Ihantala battle in summer 1944 was bigger than El Alamein (!), with Soviet losses of 600-800 modern tanks in one battle alone.
Spies in the USSR? Must say that due to the language barrier as well as the controlled nation not many people could just infiltrate and be a spy there. Anyone "not from here" would be easy to spot and ended in a gulag -guilty or not. For instance thousands of Finns went to the USSR in the 1930s with their families to the "dreamland" to work for communism and 90% were sent to gulags as spies or for other reasons.
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