Finnish Civil War
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The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of recently independent Finland between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. The clashes took
Tampere's civilian buildings destroyed during the Battle of Tampere
A demonstration at Helsinki Senate Square.
Russian soldiers in Helsinki. Prior to 1917, they sustained Finland's stability, after the February Revolution, the Russian troops became a source of social unrest.
Soldiers of the paramilitary White Guard in Leinola, a suburb of Tampere
The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a self-proclaimed socialist state in Finland during the Finnish Civil War from January to May 1918.
Finnish Civil War
…was a civil war in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of recently independent Finland (formerly part of Russia) between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland). The clashes took place in the context of the national, political, and social turmoil caused by World War I (Eastern Front) in Europe…
Backside of the Red Finland 5 penny coin with the motto "People's Work, People's Power"
Funeral of the fallen Red Guard fighters in Helsinki