Finnish–Russian border conflicts

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border conflict military conflict

The Finnish–Russian border conflicts were a series of post–World War I military clashes between Finland and Soviet Russia over territorial control and the final delineation of their shared frontier.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Finnish–Soviet border changes 1
Finnish–Soviet border regions 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border conflict ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
aimOfFinland secure eastern frontier ⓘ
support kindred peoples in East Karelia ⓘ
aimOfSovietRussia retain control over border regions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Finnish–Soviet border conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderDefined Finnish–Soviet border in Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Finnish–Soviet border in Petsamo area NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause Finnish irredentism in East Karelia ⓘ
disputed borders after collapse of Russian Empire ⓘ
conflictBetween Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1922 ⓘ
followedBy Winter War NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Finnish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Aunus expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Karelian Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heimosodat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kinship Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Petsamo expeditions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vienna expedition ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
languageOfSources Finnish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Finnish–Russian border region ⓘ
outcome Finland gained Petsamo ⓘ
Finland renounced claims to East Karelia ⓘ
partOf history of Finland ⓘ
history of Karelia ⓘ
history of Soviet Union ⓘ
post–World War I conflicts ⓘ
primaryTheater East Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Petsamo region NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Karelian question ⓘ
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk NERFINISHED ⓘ
result Treaty of Tartu NERFINISHED ⓘ
delimitation of Finnish–Soviet border ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
temporalContext after Russian Revolution ⓘ
after independence of Finland ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Taipale → associatedWith → Finnish–Russian border conflicts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish–Soviet border changes
Finnish Civil War → followedBy → Finnish–Russian border conflicts ⓘ
Hjalmar Siilasvuo → placeOfActivity → Finnish–Russian border conflicts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish–Soviet border regions