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unusual facts about Finnish Civil War


Adolf Taimi

Adolf Taimi (1881–1955) was a Finnish Communist leader, member of the red government 1918, during the Finnish Civil War, after which he fled to the Russian SFSR.


Kesäranta

After Finland gained its independence in 1917, and the Finnish Civil War in 1918, the German general Rüdiger von der Goltz lived there briefly.

Lauri Nurminen

Lauri Nurminen (born 9 September 1906 - 20 February 2009) was the last known White Guard and the last known veteran from the Finnish Civil War


see also

Kustaa

Kustaa Rovio (1887–1938), Finnish Communist politician who fled to the Russian SFSR after the Finnish Civil War

Lauri Nurminen

Aarne Arvonen was believed to be the last Finnish Civil War veteran at death until Nurminen was found and verified as a veteran in 2010, nearly one year after his death.