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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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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