Finland declares independence
1917 · Event
As Russia dissolves into revolution, Finland's parliament declares independence; a brutal civil war follows within weeks, but the state holds.
On these timelines: Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age, Master, Russian Revolution, Russia & the USSR
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