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«Reds» vs. «Whites»: The Finnish Civil War (January- May 1918)
Shortly after the proclamation of Finland’s independence (December 6, 1917) and the recognition of the new state by Soviet Russia, France, Sweden and the German Empire (January 4, 1918), the Finnish diet proclaimed the country’s neutrality (January 8). However,...
Why did Lenin recognize Finland’s independence?
Finland’s independence was made possible by the Russian Revolution of February-March 1917. Proclaimed at the end of 1917, after the “Great Socialist Revolution of October”, Finland’s independence was not immediately recognized by other European states. Paradoxically,...
The beginning of the Russian Revolution
We’ve all heard about Marxism, about the Russian Revolution, about Saint Petersburg. We also know all too well what the revolution ultimately led to: communism. But what was the basis for the USSR? Where did it actually come from? And when? Was it all because of that...
The Finns in the First World War
At the beginning of the First World War, Finland was an autonomous Great Duchy within the Russian Empire. Even though the Finnish territory was spared of most of the fighting, it witnessed a series of military operations for three and a half months during the Civil...
Finland, a country that did not exist until the First World War
The origin of Finns is still a controversial issue among specialists. Generally, archaeologists and linguists agree that a population speaking an ancient Baltic-Finnish language has occupied the southern and western parts of Finland’s current territory since...