The abrupt break-up of Europe’s land empires and the inability of successor states to settle territorial disputes triggered post-war violence in which well over four million lost their lives Nearly 100 years ago, the Great War ended with the defeat of the Central...
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,...
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...
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...