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The first Women's Guards units formed in early February in the main Finnish cities. More than 15 female Guards units were established by the end of March 1918, with a total of about 2,000 women serving. The female Guards units consisted of young industrial workers, maids, and servants. Their average age was about 20, but some were as young as 14.
Other major units were the Red Guards of Tampere and Vyborg and the Saint Petersburg Finnish Red Guard. [16] The Female Guards had about 2,000–2,600 members. [ 17 ] Russian participation remained low, although 40,000 soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army and the Baltic Fleet were still in Finland.
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Finnish Reds. Red Guards. Helsinki Red Guard [1] Jyry's Company [2] Lahti Regiment [3] Sahalahti Red Guard [4] Finnish Civil War Women's Guards [5] Tampere Women's Guard [6] Valkeakoski Women's Guard ; Vyborg Red Guard Vyborg Signaling Company [7]
Red Guards, White Guard: Finnish wikipedia: Valkeakoski female guard executions: 36 1 May White Guard [12] Jakobstad executions: 7 2 May White Guard: The executed included a White Guard lawyer defending the accused. Västankvarn executions: 62+ 2 May – 26 May White Guard: Finnish wikipedia: Harmoinen sick room mass murder: 13 10 May White Guard
Pages in category "People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side)" The following 153 pages are in this category, out of 153 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Female Red Guard soldier from Finnish Civil War. The history of women in the Finnish military is, however, far longer than just since 1995. During the Finnish Civil War, the Reds had several Naiskaarti (Women's Guard) units made of voluntary 16- to 35-year-old women, who were given rudimentary military training. The reactions on women in ...
The FSWR collapsed when the Red Guards were defeated by the White Finns and Germany, with Manner and most of the Finnish People's Delegation fleeing to Soviet Russia. The name "Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic" ( Finnish : Suomen sosialistinen työväentasavalta ) appeared only in the Treaty between Finnish People's Delegation and Russian ...