Finnish independence movement

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The Finnish independence movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century nationalist campaign that sought to end Russian rule and establish Finland as a sovereign state, culminating in its independence in 1917.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russification policy
civil war
declaration of independence
general strike
military volunteer movement
nationalist movement
appliesToJurisdiction Grand Duchy of Finland NERFINISHED
country Finland
Finland
Finland
Finland
Finland
Finland
Russian Empire
culminatedIn Finnish Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED
independence of Finland in 1917
endTime 1917
followedBy Finnish Civil War NERFINISHED
goal Finnish independence
end of Russian rule
establishment of a sovereign Finnish state
hasPart Fennoman movement NERFINISHED
constitutional resistance to Russification
cultural nationalism
parliamentary struggle for autonomy
underground activism
historicalRegion Northern Europe NERFINISHED
influencedBy European nationalism
liberalism
romantic nationalism
languageOfMovement Finnish
Swedish
location Grand Duchy of Finland NERFINISHED
opposedBy Russian Empire NERFINISHED
Russian authorities in Finland
opposedTo Russian rule in Finland
Russification of Finland NERFINISHED
participant Finnish Party NERFINISHED
Finnish intelligentsia NERFINISHED
Finnish student organizations
Finnish voluntary militias NERFINISHED
Jäger Movement NERFINISHED
Social Democratic Party of Finland NERFINISHED
Young Finnish Party NERFINISHED
partOf Finnish nationalism NERFINISHED
pointInTime 1917-12-06
result recognition of Finland as an independent state
significantEvent 1905 general strike in Finland
February Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED
Finnish Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED
First Period of Russification NERFINISHED
Jäger Movement NERFINISHED
October Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED
Second Period of Russification NERFINISHED
startTime late 19th century
temporalContext early 20th century
late 19th century

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Svinhufvud participatedIn Finnish independence movement
subject surface form: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud