Kansalaissota

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Kansalaissota is the Finnish term for the Finnish Civil War of 1918, a brief but brutal conflict between the socialist Reds and the conservative Whites that shaped the newly independent nation’s political future.

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Kansalaissota canonical 1
Vapaussota 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil war
historical event
alsoKnownAs Finnish Civil War
surface form: Suomen kansalaissota

Finnish Civil War
surface form: Suomen sisällissota
belligerent Red Guards of Finland
surface form: Finnish Reds

Finnish Whites
casualtiesEstimate tens of thousands killed
cause class conflict between workers and bourgeoisie in Finland
power vacuum after collapse of Russian Empire
social tensions in newly independent Finland
characterizedAs brief but brutal conflict
combatantIdeology anti-socialism
conservatism
socialism
country Finland
endDate 1918-05-15
etymology Finnish word meaning "civil war"
followedBy Red Terror (Finnish Civil War)
surface form: Red Terror in Finland

White Terror in Finland
hasNameInEnglish Finnish Civil War
hasNameInFinnish Kansalaissota
historicalPeriod early 20th century
involves mass executions
political repression
prison camps in Finland
languageOfTerm Finnish language
surface form: Finnish
location Finland
partOf Allied occupation after World War I
surface form: aftermath of World War I
precededBy Russian Revolution
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
region Northern Europe
relatedTo Red Guards of Finland
surface form: Finnish Red Guards

White Army of Finland
surface form: Finnish White Guard

Independence Day of Finland
surface form: Finnish independence
result White victory
consolidation of conservative power in Finland
deep political and social divisions in Finland
defeat of the Reds
side conservative Whites
socialist Reds
significance key event in early history of independent Finland
shaped Finland’s political future
startDate 1918-01-27
supportedBy German Empire
Russian SFSR
surface form: Soviet Russia
temporalContext shortly after Finland’s declaration of independence in 1917
typeOfConflict civil war between left-wing and right-wing forces

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Finnish Civil War alsoKnownAs Kansalaissota
Finnish Civil War alsoKnownAs Kansalaissota
this entity surface form: Vapaussota