Red side in the Finnish Civil War

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The Red side in the Finnish Civil War was the socialist and revolutionary faction, composed largely of workers and tenant farmers, that fought against the conservative White forces in 1918.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf belligerent force ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Finnish Reds ⓘ
the Reds ⓘ
armedWing Red Guards ⓘ
capitalClaimed Helsinki ⓘ
casualties tens of thousands including executions and famine in camps ⓘ
commandStructure People’s Delegation War Department ⓘ
conflict Finnish Civil War ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
endTime 1918-05 ⓘ
goal establish a socialist republic in Finland ⓘ
overthrow the conservative Senate of Finland ⓘ
governmentForm Finnish People’s Delegation ⓘ
hasPart Finnish Red Guards ⓘ
headquarters Helsinki ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War I conflicts ⓘ
ideology Marxism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
language Finnish ⓘ
leader Ali Aaltonen ⓘ
Eero Haapalainen ⓘ
Kullervo Manner ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Helsinki ⓘ
Battle of Tampere ⓘ
opponent German Baltic Sea Division ⓘ
opposedTo White side in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
partOf European revolutionary wave of 1917–1923 ⓘ
politicalSupport Social Democratic Party of Finland ⓘ
religionContext largely secular ⓘ
repressionAfterDefeat executions of Red prisoners ⓘ
internment in prison camps ⓘ
result defeat ⓘ
socialBase industrial workers ⓘ
landless rural laborers ⓘ
tenant farmers ⓘ
startTime 1918-01 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
supportedBy Bolsheviks ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
surrenderedTo White side in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
territorialControl southern Finland ⓘ
linked to: Southern Finland
usesSymbol red flag ⓘ

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

Reds (Finnish Civil War) → alsoKnownAs → Red side in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
subject linked to: Reds
White Terror in Finland → opposedTo → Red side in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
Eero Haapalainen → politicalAlignment → Red side in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
Suomen punakaarti → partOf → Red side in the Finnish Civil War ⓘ
White forces (Finnish Civil War) → enemy → Red forces (Finnish Civil War) ⓘ
subject linked to: White forces
linked to: Red side in the Finnish Civil War
White (conservative, anti-socialist) → opposedTo → Reds (Finnish Civil War) ⓘ
linked to: Red side in the Finnish Civil War