East Karelian Uprising

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The East Karelian Uprising was a 1921–1922 rebellion by ethnic Karelians and Finnish volunteers against Soviet rule in East Karelia, aiming to unite the region with Finland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
East Karelian Uprising canonical 1
East Karelian rebels 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
aftermath refugee flows from East Karelia to Finland ⓘ
repression of Karelian rebels by Soviet authorities ⓘ
tightening of Soviet control over East Karelia ⓘ
aim unification of East Karelia with Finland ⓘ
belligerent East Karelian rebels ⓘ
Finnish volunteers ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
cause Finnish irredentist ambitions in Karelia ⓘ
Karelian aspirations for self-determination ⓘ
discontent with Soviet rule in East Karelia ⓘ
chronology occurred after the Treaty of Tartu (1920) ⓘ
occurred before the Winter War ⓘ
conflictType nationalist uprising ⓘ
consequence increased tension between Finland and Soviet Russia ⓘ
international attention to the status of Karelians in the Soviet Union ⓘ
country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
diplomaticContext Finnish–Soviet relations in the early 1920s ⓘ
endDate 1922-03-21 ⓘ
historicalRegion Karelia ⓘ
ideology Finnish nationalism ⓘ
Karelian nationalism ⓘ
languageContext Finnish language ⓘ
Karelian language ⓘ
location Olonets Karelia ⓘ
linked to: White Sea Karelia

White Sea Karelia ⓘ
border areas between Finland and Soviet Russia ⓘ
militaryAction cross-border incursions from Finland into East Karelia ⓘ
notableFeature guerrilla warfare in forested and sparsely populated areas ⓘ
participation of irregular volunteer units from Finland ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Soviet security forces ⓘ
opposedIdeology Bolshevism ⓘ
Soviet communism ⓘ
partOf Finnish–Soviet conflicts ⓘ
interwar period conflicts ⓘ
post–World War I conflicts ⓘ
place East Karelia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Finns ⓘ
Karelians ⓘ
relatedTo Finnish Civil War ⓘ
Heimosodat ⓘ
Treaty of Tartu ⓘ
result Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate 1921-10-06 ⓘ
supportedBy volunteers from Finland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Finnish–Russian border conflicts → hasPart → East Karelian Uprising ⓘ
East Karelian Uprising → belligerent → East Karelian rebels ⓘ
linked to: East Karelian Uprising