Reds

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The Reds were the socialist and working-class faction that fought against the conservative Whites during the Finnish Civil War of 1918.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military faction
political faction
alliedWith Bolshevik Russia NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Finnish Reds NERFINISHED
Red side in the Finnish Civil War NERFINISHED
armedConflictRole belligerent
causeOf Red Terror (Finnish Civil War) NERFINISHED
conflict Finnish Civil War NERFINISHED
country Finland
demanded parliamentary reforms
social welfare measures
endTime May 1918
goal improvement of workers' rights
land reform
socialist reforms in Finland
hasCharacteristic anti-monarchist
pro-labour
revolutionary
hasConsequence executions of Red combatants
mass imprisonments of Red supporters
headquarters Helsinki NERFINISHED
historicalEra World War I era NERFINISHED
ideology socialism
influencedBy Marxism NERFINISHED
Russian social democracy
language Finnish
memorializedBy Red Guard memorials in Finland
militaryWing Red Guards NERFINISHED
opponent German Empire (intervening on White side) NERFINISHED
opposedTo Whites (Finnish Civil War) NERFINISHED
outcome defeat
partOf Finnish labour movement NERFINISHED
politicalPosition left-wing
receivedSupportFrom Soviet Russia NERFINISHED
relatedEvent Russian Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED
relatedTo Finnish independence from Russia
resultedIn repression of left-wing movements in Finland after 1918
socialBase industrial workers
landless rural workers
working class
startTime January 1918
supportedBy Finnish trade unions
Red Guards NERFINISHED
Social Democratic Party of Finland NERFINISHED
territoryControlled Southern Finland NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1918
victimOf White Terror (Finnish Civil War) NERFINISHED

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Finnish Civil War
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