Red Terror (Finnish Civil War)

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mass political violence political repression campaign terror campaign

The Red Terror during the Finnish Civil War was a campaign of political violence, executions, and repression carried out by the socialist Red side against perceived enemies and opponents.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Red Terror in Finland 2
Red Rebellion in Finland 1
Red Terror (Finnish Civil War) canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mass political violence ⓘ
political repression campaign ⓘ
terror campaign ⓘ
characterizedBy class-based targeting ⓘ
lack of due process ⓘ
revolutionary justice ⓘ
conflict Finnish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
counterpart White Terror (Finnish Civil War) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
hasCause class conflict in Finland ⓘ
political polarization in Finland ⓘ
revolutionary socialist ideology ⓘ
historicalAssessment considered a major atrocity of the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
ideology revolutionary left-wing politics ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
location Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
memory remains a controversial topic in Finnish historiography ⓘ
natureOfAttack arbitrary arrests ⓘ
extrajudicial executions ⓘ
hostage-taking ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
summary killings ⓘ
opposedBy Finnish Whites NERFINISHED ⓘ
White Guard (Finland) NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant Finnish Reds NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Red side repression in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
perpetrator Red Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ
revolutionary tribunals ⓘ
relatedEvent Finnish independence from Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
result deepened social divisions in Finland ⓘ
long-term political trauma in Finnish society ⓘ
thousands of deaths ⓘ
significantPlace Helsinki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tampere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viipuri NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
target bourgeoisie ⓘ
civil servants ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
landowners ⓘ
perceived political opponents ⓘ
suspected White sympathizers ⓘ
temporalContext Finnish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reds → causeOf → Red Terror (Finnish Civil War) ⓘ
subject surface form: Reds (Finnish Civil War)
Punakapina → followedBy → Red Terror (Finnish Civil War) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Terror in Finland
Punakapina → alsoKnownAs → Red Terror (Finnish Civil War) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Rebellion in Finland
Kansalaissota → followedBy → Red Terror (Finnish Civil War) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Terror in Finland