Finnish independence movement

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The Finnish independence movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century nationalist campaign that sought to end Russian rule and establish Finland as a sovereign state, culminating in its independence in 1917.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russification policy
civil war
declaration of independence
general strike
military volunteer movement
nationalist movement
appliesToJurisdiction Grand Duchy of Finland
country Finland
Finland
Finland
Finland
Finland
Finland
Russian Empire
culminatedIn Finnish Declaration of Independence
independence of Finland in 1917
endTime 1917
followedBy Finnish Civil War
goal Finnish independence
end of Russian rule
establishment of a sovereign Finnish state
hasPart Fennoman movement
constitutional resistance to Russification
cultural nationalism
parliamentary struggle for autonomy
underground activism
historicalRegion Northern Europe
influencedBy European nationalism
liberalism
romantic nationalism
languageOfMovement Finnish
Swedish
location Grand Duchy of Finland
opposedBy Russian Empire
Russian authorities in Finland
opposedTo Russian rule in Finland
Russification of Finland
participant Finnish Party
Finnish intelligentsia
Finnish student organizations
Finnish voluntary militias
linked to: Finnish Civil Guard

Jäger Movement
Social Democratic Party of Finland
Young Finnish Party
linked to: Finnish Party
partOf Finnish nationalism
pointInTime 1917-12-06
result recognition of Finland as an independent state
significantEvent 1905 general strike in Finland
February Revolution of 1917
linked to: Russian Revolution

Finnish Declaration of Independence
First Period of Russification
Jäger Movement
October Revolution of 1917
linked to: Russian Revolution

Second Period of Russification
startTime late 19th century
temporalContext early 20th century
late 19th century

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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud participatedIn Finnish independence movement
subject linked to: Svinhufvud
Finnish peasant proprietors influenced Finnish nationalist movements
linked to: Finnish independence movement
Golden Age of Finnish art associatedWith Finnish independence movement
Tuusula Rantatie cultural area associatedWith Finnish national awakening
linked to: Finnish independence movement