Finnish declaration of independence

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The Finnish Declaration of Independence ( Finnish : Suomen itsenäisyysjulistus ; Russian : Провозглашение независимости Финляндии; Swedish : Finlands självständighetsförklaring ) was passed by the Finnish Parliament on December 6, 1917 . This ended Finland's status as an autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire . After a loss-making civil war and an unsuccessful attempt to establish a monarchy , Finland became an independent republic in 1919 .

history

After the February Revolution and the abdication of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II . the Finnish parliament saw itself no longer bound by the personal union with Russia. It tried to get more autonomy, but the Russian Provisional Government denied it. On November 2nd, 1917 (November 15th according to the Gregorian calendar in force in Finland ) the Bolsheviks, victorious in the October Revolution , declared a general right of all peoples of the Tsarist empire to self-determination . As a result, the Finnish Parliament announced that it would assume full sovereignty .

The Finnish Senate then drafted a proposal for the Declaration of Independence, which Pehr Evind Svinhufvud submitted to Parliament on December 4, 1917. On December 6th, with the adoption of the proposal by parliament, independence was declared and was recognized by Soviet Russia on December 31st, 1917 (according to the Julian calendar December 18th in Russia ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SUOMI 1917-1918 - Eduskunta. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ First World War.com - Primary Documents - Soviet Recognition of Finland's Independence, December 18, 1917. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .