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Battle of Tampere

Index Battle of Tampere

The Battle of Tampere was a 1918 Finnish Civil War battle, fought in Tampere, Finland from 15 March to 6 April between the Whites and the Reds. [1]

68 relations: Ali Aaltonen, Battle of Länkipohja, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, David Kolehmainen, Eino Rahja, Elias Simojoki, Ernst Saari, Female Red Guards of the Finnish Civil War, Finland, Finnish Civil War, Finnish People's Delegation, Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, Georgy Bulatsel, Gunnar Finne, Haapamäki, Hämeenkyrö, Hämeenpuisto, Hämeensilta, Helsinki, Hjalmar Frisell, Hugo Salmela, Jäger Movement, Jämsä, Juhani Siljo, Juho Lehmus, Kaleva (Tampere), Kalevankangas Cemetery, Kalle Viljamaa, Kangasala, Karkku, Kyttälä, Lahti, Lempäälä, Messukylä, Näsijärvi, Olof Palme (historian), Orivesi, Pirkkala, Pispala, Pyhäjärvi (Tampere region), Pyynikki, Pyynikki observation tower, Red Guards (Finland), Riihimäki–Tampere railway, Ruovesi, Social Democratic Party of Finland, Swedish Brigade, Tammela, Tampere, Tammerkoski, Tampere, ..., Tampere camp, Tampere Cathedral, Tampere Central Square, Tampere City Hall, Tampere Workers' Hall, Tampere–Pori railway, Tottijärvi, Turku, Verner Lehtimäki, Vesilahti, Viktor Jansson, Vilppula, Vyborg, War Victims of Finland 1914–1922, White Guard (Finland), Whites (Finland), Yläne, Ylöjärvi. Expand index (18 more) »

Ali Aaltonen

Aleksi "Ali" Aaltonen (2 August 1884 – May 1918) was a Finnish journalist and former lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army, who served as the first commander-in-chief of the Finnish Red Guards from November 1917 to the end of January 1918.

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Battle of Länkipohja

The Battle of Länkipohja was a Finnish Civil War battle fought in the village of Länkipohja (now part of the Jämsä municipality) in 16 March 1918 between the Whites and the Reds.

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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman.

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David Kolehmainen

David "Tatu" Kolehmainen (10 September 1885 – 7 April 1918) was a Finnish wrestler.

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Eino Rahja

Eino Abramovich Rahja (20 June 1885, Kronstadt – 26 April 1936) was a Finnish-Russian politician who joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1903, becoming aligned with the party's Bolshevik faction.

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Elias Simojoki

Lauri Elias Simojoki (28 January 1899 – 25 January 1940) was a Finnish clergyman who became a leading figure in the country's far right movement.

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Ernst Saari

Johan Ernst Saari (20 July 1882, Lapua - 29 March 1918, Tampere; original surname Ylisaari) was a Finnish farmer and politician.

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Female Red Guards of the Finnish Civil War

All-female units of the paramilitary Red Guards served in the 1918 Finnish Civil War.

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Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

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Finnish Civil War

The Finnish Civil War was a conflict for the leadership and control of Finland during the country's transition from a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire to an independent state.

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Finnish People's Delegation

The Finnish People's Delegation (Finnish: Suomen kansanvaltuuskunta) was a governmental body, created by a group of members in the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP), to serve as the Government of the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.

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Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic

The Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, more commonly referred to as Red Finland, was a theoretical precursor of an unrecognized Finnish socialist state.

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Georgy Bulatsel

Georgy Viktorovich Bulatsel (187528 April 1918), was a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Russian Army.

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Gunnar Finne

Johan Gunnar Finne (4 April 1886 – 17 September 1952) was a Finnish sculptor.

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Haapamäki

Haapamäki is a village in the municipality of Keuruu, Finland.

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Hämeenkyrö

Hämeenkyrö (Tavastkyro) is a municipality of Finland.

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Hämeenpuisto

Hämeenpuisto is a street and public park in Tampere, Finland that is over in length.

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Hämeensilta

Hämeensilta (the ″Häme Bridge″) is a bridge in Tampere, Finland, crossing the Tammerkoski rapids.

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Helsinki

Helsinki (or;; Helsingfors) is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland.

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Hjalmar Frisell

Erik Hjalmar Frisell (27 August 1880 – 27 May 1967) was a Swedish military officer and sports shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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Hugo Salmela

Hugo Salmela (13 June 1884 – 28 March 1918) was one of the Red Guard military leaders in the 1918 Finnish Civil War.

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Jäger Movement

The Jäger Movement (Jääkäriliike Jägarrörelsen) consisted of volunteers from Finland who trained in Germany as Jägers (elite light infantry) during World War I. Supported by Germany to enable the creation of a Finnish sovereign state, the movement was one of many means by which Germany intended to weaken Russia and to cause Russia's loss of her western provinces and dependencies.

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Jämsä

Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland.

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Juhani Siljo

Juhani Siljo (3 May 1888 – 6 May 1918) was a Finnish poet and translator.

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Juho Lehmus

Johannes (Juho) Lehmus (19 December 1858, Orivesi - 6 April 1918, Tampere; original surname Lindgren) was a Finnish shoemaker, smallholder and politician.

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Kaleva (Tampere)

Kaleva is an eastern part of the city of Tampere, Finland.

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Kalevankangas Cemetery

Kalevankangas Cemetery (Finnish: Kalevankankaan hautausmaa) is a cemetery in the Kaleva district within the city of Tampere, Finland.

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Kalle Viljamaa

Kalle Viljamaa (15 March 1885 – 28 March 1918) was a Finnish wrestler.

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Kangasala

Kangasala is a city in Finland, next to Tampere.

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Karkku

Karkku is a locality and former municipality in Pirkanmaa region, Finland.

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Kyttälä

Kyttälä is a district in Tampere, Finland.

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Lahti

Lahti (Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland.

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Lempäälä

Lempäälä (Lembois) is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland with inhabitants.

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Messukylä

Messukylä is a former municipality of Finland which was annexed by the city of Tampere in 1947.

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Näsijärvi

Näsijärvi is a lake above sea level, in the Pirkanmaa region of southern Finland.

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Olof Palme (historian)

Olof Palme (21 September 1884 - 3 April 1918), (in Swedish).

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Orivesi

Orivesi is a town and a municipality of Finland.

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Pirkkala

Pirkkala (Birkala) is a municipality of Finland.

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Pispala

Pispala is a city area 2.5 km from the centre of Tampere, Finland.

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Pyhäjärvi (Tampere region)

Pyhäjärvi is a lake in southern Finland.

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Pyynikki

Pyynikki (Pynike) is a district and a nature reserve in Tampere, Finland.

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Pyynikki observation tower

The Pyynikki observation tower (Pyynikin näkötorni) is a 26 meter observation tower in Tampere, Finland.

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Red Guards (Finland)

The Red Guards (Punakaarti, Röda gardet) were a paramilitary units of the Finnish labour movement in the early 1900s.

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Riihimäki–Tampere railway

Riihimäki–Tampere railway is a railway running between the Riihimäki railway station and the Tampere railway station in Finland.

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Ruovesi

Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland.

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Social Democratic Party of Finland

The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats, is a social-democratic political party in Finland.

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Swedish Brigade

The Swedish Brigade (Svenska brigaden, Ruotsalainen prikaati) was a paramilitary unit composed of 400 Swedish volunteers to assist the White Guards during the 1918 Finnish Civil War.

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Tammela, Tampere

Tammela is a district in Tampere, Finland, located east of the city centre.

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Tammerkoski

Tammerkoski is a channel of rapids in Tampere, Finland.

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Tampere

Tampere (Swedish: Tammerfors) is a city in Pirkanmaa, southern Finland.

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Tampere camp

Tampere camp (also Kalevankangas camp) was a concentration camp operating from 6 April 1918 to 15 September 1918 in the Kaleva district of Tampere, Finland.

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Tampere Cathedral

Tampere Cathedral (Tampereen tuomiokirkko, Tammerfors domkyrka) is a Lutheran church in Tampere, Finland, and the seat of the Diocese of Tampere.

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Tampere Central Square

The Tampere Central Square (Finnish: Keskustori) is a public square in the centre of Tampere, Finland, along the main street Hämeenkatu.

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Tampere City Hall

The Tampere City Hall (Tampereen Raatihuone) is a neo-renaissance building in Tampere, Finland, situated at the edge of the Tampere Central Square.

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Tampere Workers' Hall

Tampere Workers' Hall (also known as the Puistotorni, The Park Tower) is a conference and congress centre in Tampere, Finland.

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Tampere–Pori railway

Tampere–Pori railway is a railway running between the cities of Tampere and Pori in Finland.

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Tottijärvi

Tottijärvi is a village and a former municipality in Nokia, Finland.

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Turku

Turku (Åbo) is a city on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Southwest Finland.

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Verner Lehtimäki

Verner Lehtimäki (8 June 1890 - 5 April 1938), was a Finnish Socialist, soldier, pilot, aerospace engineer and revolutionary.

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Vesilahti

Vesilahti (Swedish: Vesilax) is a municipality of Finland.

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Viktor Jansson

Viktor Bernhard "Faffan" Jansson (1886 in Helsinki – 1958 in Helsinki) was a Finnish sculptor belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland.

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Vilppula

Vilppula was a former municipality of Finland.

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Vyborg

Vyborg (p; Viipuri,; Viborg; Wiborg; Viiburi) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

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War Victims of Finland 1914–1922

War Victims of Finland 1914–1922 (Suomen sotasurmat 1914–1922 Krigsdöda i Finland 1914–1922) is a database that contains the names and information of more than 35,000 Finnish war dead between 1914 and 1922.

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White Guard (Finland)

The White Guard or Civil Guard (lit. protection corps) was a voluntary militia that emerged victorious over the socialist Red Guard as a part of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918.

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Whites (Finland)

The Whites (Valkoiset, De vita, Белофинны), or White Finland, was the name used to refer to the refugee government and forces under Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate who opposed the "Reds", or the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, during the Finnish civil war (1918).

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Yläne

Yläne is a former municipality of Finland.

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Ylöjärvi

Ylöjärvi is a town and a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region, west of Tampere and north of Finland´s capital city Helsinki.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tampere

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