East Karelian uprising

East Karelian uprising
Part of the Heimosodat

Karelian and Finnish soldiers fighting against Russian Bolsheviks, 9 January 1922
Date6 November 1921 – 21 March 1922
Location
East Karelia
Result

Soviet victory

Belligerents

Karelian United Government

Supported by:
Finland

Russian SFSR

Commanders and leaders
 Alexander Sedyakin
Sergey Kamenev
Strength
3,050[citation needed] 13,000[1][2][3]
Casualties and losses
Unknown 352 killed,
1,042 wounded, sick or injured[4]

The East Karelian Uprising (Finnish: itäkarjalaisten kansannousu, Karelian: päivännouzu karjalan kanzannouzu) and the Soviet–Finnish conflict 1921–1922 were an attempt by a group of East Karelian separatists supported by Finland to gain independence from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. They were aided by a number of Finnish volunteers, starting from 6 November 1921. The conflict ended on 21 March 1922 with the Agreements between the governments of Soviet Russia and Finland about the measures of maintenance of the inviolability of the Soviet–Finnish border.[5] The conflict is regarded in Finland as one of the heimosodat – "Kinship Wars".

  1. ^ Paavo Talvela, Sotilaan elämä, p. 46, Kirjayhtymä 1976
  2. ^ Mirko Harjula: Venäjän Karjala ja Muurmanni 1914-1922, p. 229, SKS 2007
  3. ^ Mirko Harjula:Venäjän Karjala ja Muurmanni 1914-1922, p. 245, SKS 2007
  4. ^ General-Lieutenant G.F.KRIVOSHEYEV (1993). "Soviet Armed Forces Losses in Wars, Combat Operations Military Conflicts" (PDF). Moscow Military Publishing House. pp. 43, Table 15. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  5. ^ Text of the Agreement in Russian. Signed in Moscow. Representative of Finland: Charge d'Affaires ad interim Antti Hackzel, representative of RSFSR: Member of the Board of the National Commissariat for Foreign Affairs Yakov Ganetski