East Karelian uprising

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 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. The conflict is regarded in Finland as one of the heimosodat – "Kinship Wars".

East Karelian uprising
Part of the Russian Civil War

Karelian and Finnish soldiers fighting against Russian Bolsheviks, 9 January 1922
Date6 November 1921 – 21 March 1922
Location
East Karelia
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
 Russian SFSR
Commanders and leaders
  • Ukki Väinämöinen
  • Ossippa Borissainen
  • Jalmari Takkinen
 Alexander Sedyakin
Strength
3,050 13,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown 1,394 killed, wounded, sick or injured
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