Vaara, P. FROM THE KINDRED WARS TO THE PEACE TREATY OF TARTU AND KARELIAN LABOR COMMUNE. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2021;43(8):107–113. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2021.699


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FROM THE KINDRED WARS TO THE PEACE TREATY OF TARTU AND KARELIAN LABOR COMMUNE

Vaara
P. 		Karelian Educational Society / Karjalan Sivistysseura
Keywords:
the Kindred Wars
Treaty of Tartu
Karelian Labor Commune
British intervention in North Russia		 Summary: This article focuses on the Treaty of Tartu between the Soviet Russia and Finland, signed on the 14th of October 1920. The author describes the historical events in the territories of the present Republic of Karelia (Russian Federation) that preceded the Treaty of Tartu and that affected both the process of the treaty negotiations and the content of the treaty. In particular, the author briefly presents the events of the Kindred Wars (heimosodat), the British intervention in Karelia, the efforts of Karelians to became independent and the establishment of the Karelian Labor Commune. The main conclusion is that the Finnish military expeditions to Karelia and the process of negotiations in Tartu significantly expedited both transition of control of Karelia to the Red Army and the formation of the Karelian Labor Commune within the Soviet Russia.



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