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  2. Finnish Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish Civil War [a] [b] was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition from a grand duchy ruled by the Russian Empire to a fully independent state.

  3. Kingdom of Finland (1918) - Wikipedia

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    A civil war followed, and afterwards, while the pro-republican Social Democratic Party was excluded from the Parliament and before a new constitution was adopted, Frederick was elected to the throne of Finland on 9 October 1918. Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse, the king-elect of Finland Replica of the Crown designed for the Finnish monarch. The ...

  4. History of Finland (1917–present) - Wikipedia

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    In August 1918, the most radical Social Democrats fled to Russia at the end of the Civil War and founded the Finnish Communist Party (SKP), which was not allowed to operate legally in Finland. Thus, the SKP and its allies established the Socialist Workers' Party as their legal form, which received 27 seats in the 1922 elections.

  5. 1918 in Finland - Wikipedia

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    1918 in Finland. 2 languages. ... History of Finland (1917–present) Timeline of Independence of Finland (1917–1920) References This page was last edited on ...

  6. Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (FSWR), more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a self-proclaimed socialist statelet in Finland during the Finnish Civil War from January to May 1918. The FSWR was established by the Finnish People's Delegation , a government formed by members of the Social Democratic Party to rival the existing ...

  7. Battle of Tampere - Wikipedia

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    Fallen Red Guard fighters. The Battle of Tampere was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought in Tampere, Finland from 15 March to 6 April between the Whites and the Reds.It is the most famous and the heaviest of all the Finnish Civil War battles.

  8. Political history of Finland - Wikipedia

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    This article deals with the political history of Finland from prehistoric times, through the Swedish rule (c.1200-1808), to the Russian rule (Grand Duchy of Finland, 1809-1917) and the time of independent Finland (1917-). In this context, Finland broadly refers to the geographical area in which the current Finnish state is located.

  9. Political violence in Finland (1918–1932) - Wikipedia

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    Finland saw significant political violence from the end of the Finnish civil war until the Mäntsälä rebellion. The Red Guerrilla Battalion of the North under the Communist Party of Finland, would fight Finnish border guards during the Pork mutiny. [4] Minister Heikki Ritavuori would be shot dead at the door to his home in Helsinki in ...