Finnish Civil War
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The Finnish Civil War was a brief but pivotal 1918 conflict between the socialist Reds and conservative Whites that shaped Finland’s independence and political future.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Finland’s War of Independence | 0 | 1 |
| Suomen sisällissota | 0 | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed conflict
→
civil war → historical event → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kansalaissota
→
Punakapina → Finnish Civil War →
surface form:
Suomen sisällissota
Kansalaissota →
surface form:
Vapaussota
|
| battle |
Battle of Helsinki
→
Battle of Lahti → Battle of Tampere → Battle of Vyborg → |
| casualtiesEstimate | approximately 36,000 deaths → |
| cause |
land ownership disputes
→
political polarization between left and right → power vacuum after collapse of Russian Empire → social inequality in Finland → |
| civilianDeathsEstimate | over 20,000 → |
| conflictOf | Finnish independence process → |
| country | Finland → |
| endDate | 1918-05-15 → |
| followedBy |
Finnish–Russian border conflicts
→
Heimosodat → Red Terror →
surface form:
Red Terror in Finland
White Terror in Finland → |
| hasCommander |
Ali Aaltonen
→
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim → Eero Haapalainen → Kullervo Manner → |
| hasParticipant |
Reds
→
Whites → |
| hasSide |
Red Guards of Finland
→
surface form:
Finnish Reds
Finnish Whites → German Empire → Russian SFSR →
surface form:
Russian Soviet Republic
|
| languageOfBelligerents | Finnish → |
| location |
Helsinki
→
Uusimaa →
surface form:
Southern Finland
Tampere → Vyborg →
surface form:
Viipuri
|
| partOf |
World War I
→
surface form:
World War I era
|
| precededBy |
Russian Revolution
→
surface form:
February Revolution
Russian Revolution →
surface form:
October Revolution
Russian Revolution →
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
|
| prisonerDeathsEstimate | over 11,000 → |
| result |
Consolidation of conservative government in Finland
→
Deep political and social divisions in Finland → Battle of Tampere →
surface form:
Defeat of the Finnish Reds
Strengthening of Finnish independence → White victory → |
| significantFor |
development of Finnish democracy
→
shaping Finland’s political system → strengthening of anti-communist policies in Finland → |
| startDate | 1918-01-27 → |
| supportedBy |
Imperial German Army
→
Russian SFSR →
surface form:
Soviet Russia
|
| timePeriod | 20th century → |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Suomen sisällissota
this entity surface form:
Finland’s War of Independence