Kinship Wars
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Kinship Wars were a series of early 20th-century conflicts in which Finnish volunteers fought in neighboring regions like East Karelia and Ingria to support related Finno-Ugric peoples and expand Finland’s borders after its independence.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military conflict
ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Heimosodat
NERFINISHED
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Tribal Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Bolshevik forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Finland ⓘ |
| endTime | early 1920s ⓘ |
| follows |
Finnish Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Finnish Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Finnish nationalism
ⓘ
desire to expand Finland’s borders after independence ⓘ irredentism ⓘ support for related Finno-Ugric peoples ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Aunus Karelia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingria NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwestern Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Petsamo region NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienan Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
annexation of East Karelia to Finland
ⓘ
creation of a Greater Finland ⓘ protection of Finno-Ugric minorities ⓘ weakening of Soviet control in Finno-Ugric areas ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
establishment of borders between Finland and Soviet Russia
ⓘ
no large-scale territorial gains for Finland in East Karelia ⓘ strengthening of Finnish national identity ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Finland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Finnish volunteers ⓘ |
| hasSubConflict |
Aunus expedition
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingria expeditions ⓘ Petsamo expeditions NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienan Karelia expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Fennoscandia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesEthnicGroup |
Finns
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingrians NERFINISHED ⓘ Karelians NERFINISHED ⓘ Vepsians NERFINISHED ⓘ other Finno-Ugric peoples ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | Finnish ⓘ |
| partOf | post-World War I conflicts ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Greater Finland ideology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treaty of Tartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1918 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
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