Finnish Declaration of Independence

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The Finnish Declaration of Independence was the 1917 proclamation by which Finland asserted its sovereignty and broke away from the Russian Empire to become an independent nation-state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf declaration of independence ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
approvedBy Parliament of Finland ⓘ
archivesLocation National Archives of Finland ⓘ
category 1917 in Finland ⓘ
Declarations of independence ⓘ
Political history of Finland ⓘ
commemoratedOn Finnish Independence Day ⓘ
commemorationDate December 6 ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
dateAdopted 1917-12-06 ⓘ
dateRecognizedBySovietRussia 1918-01-04 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom Russian Empire ⓘ
followedBy adoption of the Finnish Constitution ⓘ
recognition of Finland by foreign powers ⓘ
governmentAtTime Svinhufvud Senate ⓘ
linked to: Finnish Senate
hasLegalEffect establishment of Finland as a sovereign state ⓘ
hasPart appeal for international recognition ⓘ
preamble ⓘ
statement of sovereignty ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAtTime Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ⓘ
linked to: P. E. Svinhufvud
influencedBy collapse of Russian monarchy ⓘ
principle of national self-determination ⓘ
language Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
legalForm government declaration ⓘ
legalStatus foundational document of Finnish independence ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Finland ⓘ
mainAuthor Pehr Evind Svinhufvud ⓘ
linked to: P. E. Svinhufvud
placeOfAdoption Helsinki ⓘ
politicalStatusBefore Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
previousSovereign Emperor of Russia ⓘ
linked to: Tsar of Russia
proposedBy Senate of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finnish Senate
recognizedBy France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Sweden ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedEvent February Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

Finnish Civil War ⓘ
October Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
result independence of Finland ⓘ
signedBy members of the Senate of Finland ⓘ
subject assertion of Finnish sovereignty ⓘ
termination of union with Russia ⓘ
topic secession from the Russian Empire ⓘ
year 1917 ⓘ

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Grand Duke of Finland → officeAbolishedFollowing → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
P. E. Svinhufvud → significantEvent → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Finnish Senate → significantEvent → Finnish declaration of independence ⓘ
linked to: Finnish Declaration of Independence
Finnish Whites → associatedEvent → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Finland → significantEvent → Finnish declaration of independence ⓘ
linked to: Finnish Declaration of Independence
Independence Day of Finland → commemorates → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Soviet–Finnish border → establishedAfter → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Red Terror (Finnish Civil War) → relatedEvent → Finnish independence from Russia ⓘ
linked to: Finnish Declaration of Independence
Kingdom of Finland → establishedAfter → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Kingdom of Finland → independenceEvent → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Kinship Wars → follows → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Finnish independence movement → significantEvent → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Finnish independence movement → culminatedIn → Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ