Aunus expedition
Attempt by Finnish volunteers to occupy East Karelia in 1919 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Aunus expedition (Finnish: Aunuksen retkikunta, Swedish: Aunus-expeditionen) was an attempt by Finnish volunteers to occupy parts of East Karelia in 1919, during the Russian Civil War. Aunus is the Finnish name for Olonets Karelia. This expedition was one of many Finnic "kinship wars" (heimosodat) fought against forces of Soviet Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and during the Russian Civil War.
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Aunus expedition | |||||||
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Part of Heimosodat | |||||||
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Finnish volunteers | Russian SFSR | ||||||
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| Leon Trotsky | ||||||
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Finland about 2,500–2,700 Aunus about 1,000 | Soviet Russia about 20,000 | ||||||
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330–400 dead 600–800 wounded |
1,000 dead 1,800 wounded |
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