Small strife

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Little Unfrieden , Swedish lilla ofreden , Finnish pikkuviha , the time of the Russian occupation of Finland during the " War of the Hats " 1741–1743 is called in Swedish and Finnish historiography . The name comes from the comparison with the " Great Strife " of the years 1713–1721, in the course of which Russian troops devastated large parts of Finland and killed or abducted tens of thousands of residents.

The new Russian occupation lasted for a short time, almost two years in south-eastern Finland and around a year in the rest of the country. In August 1741 the tsarist army defeated the Swedes decisively in the battle of Villmanstrand, but Nyland with today's capital Helsingfors (Helsinki) and Finland proper with the then capital Åbo (Turku) were not conquered until the following summer. In the Peace of Åbo (August 7, 1743), Russia secured some territorial gains in the southeast (parts of Savos and all of Karelia ), but the vast majority of Finland came back under Swedish rule. In the meantime Finland was ruled by a Russian governor general, the first incumbent James Keith was a Scot, his successor Balthasar Freiherr von Campenhausen a Baltic German in the service of the tsar. Both were popular with the Finnish population; Because of his prudent administration, von Campenhausen was even raised to the status of Swedish baron in 1744.

literature

  • Tapani Mattila: Sodankäynti Suomessa 1742 kahden sotapäiväkirjan mukaan . Sotatieteen laitos, Helsinki 1983.

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