Red Guards of Finland

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militia paramilitary organization socialist organization

The Red Guards of Finland were a socialist workers' militia that served as the main military force of the Finnish Reds during the Finnish Civil War of 1918.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Finnish Red Guard 2
Finnish Reds 2
armed forces of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf militia ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
socialist organization ⓘ
activeIn Finnish Civil War ⓘ
alliedWith Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolsheviks

Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
alsoKnownAs Red Guards of Finland ⓘ
surface form: Finnish Red Guard

Suomen punakaarti ⓘ
conflict Finnish Civil War ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
disbandedFollowing defeat in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
formedFrom strike committees ⓘ
workers' security guards ⓘ
headquarters Helsinki ⓘ
historicalPeriod Russian Revolution era ⓘ
World War I era ⓘ
ideology Marxism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
involvedIn Battle of Helsinki ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Helsinki (1918)

Battle of Tampere ⓘ
Battle of Vyborg ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Vyborg (1918)
language Finnish ⓘ
leader Ali Aaltonen ⓘ
Eero Haapalainen ⓘ
Kullervo Manner ⓘ
militaryBranch Red Guards of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: armed forces of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic
opposedBy German Empire ⓘ
Imperial German Baltic Sea Division ⓘ
White Army of Finland ⓘ
surface form: White Guard (Finland)
opposedTo Finnish Senate ⓘ
Finnish White government ⓘ
partOf Finnish labour movement ⓘ
role main military force of the Finnish Reds ⓘ
workers' self‑defence militia ⓘ
size over 80,000 members at peak ⓘ
socialBase industrial workers ⓘ
landless rural workers ⓘ
startTime 1917 ⓘ
status defunct organization ⓘ
subordinateTo People's Delegation of Finland ⓘ
successor Finnish Communist Party underground military organizations ⓘ
symbol red flag ⓘ
territoryOfOperation Southern Finland ⓘ
industrial centres of Finland ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Red Guards of Finland → alsoKnownAs → Red Guards of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Red Guard
Battle of Tampere → belligerent → Red Guards of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Reds
Battle of Länkipohja → combatant → Red Guards of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Red Guard
Finnish Civil War → hasSide → Red Guards of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Reds
Red Guards of Finland → militaryBranch → Red Guards of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: armed forces of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic
White Army of Finland → opponent → Red Guards of Finland ⓘ