Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakapuakina e Finland te rangatiratanga i te 6 o Tihema 1917, i muri i te Russian Revolution i taua tau, he whakatau i whakaaetia e te kawanatanga o Ruhia i te 31 o Tihema 1917. Kāore i roa ka puta te whakapuakanga
he pakanga ā-iwi i waenganui i ngā rōpū mā me ngā rōpū whero. Ko te Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) i whakatu i nga māngai ki te roopu Whero i te wa o te pakanga, tae noa ki to ratou hinganga. Katahi ka whakapumautia nga hononga i waenga i te kawanatanga o Finland me te RSFSR i te taumata o nga miihana i te 31 o Tihema 1920. I te whakatūnga ā-ture o te Soviet Union, ka puritia ngā hononga ā-iwi i waenganui i te USSR me Finland mai i te 23 o Hōngongoi 1923 ki muri.