[1] The official flag and coat of arms of the Republic of Kirjasalo were designed by Ilmari Haapakoski [fi] and were inaugurated on 8 September 1919.

[1] Following the October Revolution, and Bolshevik Russian expulsions and mass-mobilizations of Ingrian Finns in Kirjasalo and other locations, and with the Heimosodat (Aunus Expedition), tensions were high in Northern Ingria.

On 9 July 1919, the Pohjois Inkeri Hoitokunta [fi] ('North Ingrian Caretaker Committee') was elected as the executive government with Santeri Termonen at its head, and the independence of Kirjasalo was declared in a meeting attended by around four-hundred people in Rautu.

[5] Independent separate forces loyal to Kirjasalo occupied Miikkulainen, a settlement in the far north-east of Ingria, however were later defeated by the Bolsheviks.

[6] Having performed an attack without the prior approval of the Finnish Government, Elfvengren was sacked and replaced by Elja Rihtniemi [fi].

[1] A new offensive in accordance with Yudenich was started on 21/22 October, with the goal of capturing the village of Toksova, which was the most populous and important centre of North Ingria.