In honor of who fought on Finnish Civil War 1918 - Turku, Finland - Specific Wars Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

[FIN] Suomen sisällissota käytiin Suomen senaatin eli hallituksen ja sitä vastaan kapinoineen Suomen kansanvaltuuskunnan johtamien joukkojen välillä 27. tammikuuta – 15. toukokuuta 1918. Senaatin asevoimina olivat valkoiset joukot ja kansanvaltuuskunnan joukkoina Suomen Punainen Kaarti eli punaiset. Saksan keisarikunnan armeija tuki valkoisia valtaamalla Helsingin, Lahden ja muita eteläsuomalaisia kaupunkeja. Neuvosto-Venäjä tuki punaisia lahjoittamalla näille aseita.

Tämä muistokivi löytyy Turun Tuomiokirkon vierestä. Sen tekijästä ei ole tietoa. Muistokiven keskellä on kuvattuna kilven ja miekan kanssa sotilas, jonka jaloissa makaa ilmeisesti lohikäärme.


[EN] The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of Finland between White Finland and Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition from a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire to an independent state. The clashes took place in the context of the national, political, and social turmoil caused by World War I (Eastern Front) in Europe. The war was fought between the Reds, led by a section of the Social Democratic Party, and the Whites, conducted by the conservative-based Senate and the German Imperial Army. The paramilitary Red Guards, composed of industrial and agrarian workers, controlled the cities and industrial centres of southern Finland. The paramilitary White Guards, composed of farmers, along with middle-class and upper-class social strata, controlled rural central and northern Finland led by General C. G. E. Mannerheim.

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This memorial stone can be found next to Turku Cathedral. There is no information about its author. In the center of the memorial stone is depicted with a shield and a sword a soldier with apparently a dragon lying on his feet.

War: Finnish Civil War Is it permanently accessible to the public?: yes Is it necessary to pay a fee to gain access to the place?: no Year of the memorial or monument: 1918

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