Kinship Wars

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Kinship Wars were a series of early 20th-century conflicts in which Finnish volunteers fought in neighboring regions like East Karelia and Ingria to support related Finno-Ugric peoples and expand Finland’s borders after its independence.

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Kinship Wars canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Heimosodat ⓘ
Tribal Wars ⓘ
conflictWith Bolshevik forces ⓘ
linked to: Red Army

Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
countryOfOrigin Finland ⓘ
endTime early 1920s ⓘ
follows Finnish Civil War ⓘ
Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
hasCause Finnish nationalism ⓘ
desire to expand Finland’s borders after independence ⓘ
irredentism ⓘ
support for related Finno-Ugric peoples ⓘ
hasLocation Aunus Karelia ⓘ
linked to: White Sea Karelia

East Karelia ⓘ
Ingria ⓘ
Northwestern Russia ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Russia

Petsamo region ⓘ
Vienan Karelia ⓘ
linked to: East Karelia
hasObjective annexation of East Karelia to Finland ⓘ
creation of a Greater Finland ⓘ
protection of Finno-Ugric minorities ⓘ
weakening of Soviet control in Finno-Ugric areas ⓘ
hasOutcome establishment of borders between Finland and Soviet Russia ⓘ
no large-scale territorial gains for Finland in East Karelia ⓘ
strengthening of Finnish national identity ⓘ
hasParticipant Finland ⓘ
Finnish volunteers ⓘ
hasSubConflict Aunus expedition ⓘ
Ingria expeditions ⓘ
Petsamo expeditions ⓘ
linked to: Aunus expedition

Vienan Karelia expedition ⓘ
linked to: Aunus expedition
historicalRegion Fennoscandia ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
involvesEthnicGroup Finns ⓘ
Ingrians ⓘ
Karelians ⓘ
Vepsians ⓘ
other Finno-Ugric peoples ⓘ
languageOfContext Finnish ⓘ
partOf post-World War I conflicts ⓘ
relatedTo Greater Finland ideology ⓘ
Treaty of Tartu ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
temporalContext interwar period ⓘ

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