Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Tampere te pokapū o ngā kaupapa tōrangapū nui o Finland i te tīmatanga o te rau tau 20; hei tauira, ko te hui o te 1905 o te Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP), i arahina e Vladimir Lenin, i whakahaerehia i te Whare o Tampere Workers' Hall, i reira i whakatauhia ai, i roto i era atu mea, ki te whakarewa i tetahi whakaoho patu, i mutu ai te hurihanga o Oketopa 1917 i te Emepaea o Ruhia. Waihoki, i te 1 o Noema 1905, i te wa o te patu nui, i panuitia te "Whero Whero" rongonui i Keskustori. I te tau 1918, i muri i te whai mana o Finland, i whai wāhi nui a Tampere, ko ia tētahi o ngā wāhi rautaki nui mō te Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (FSWR) i te wā o te Pakanga o Finland.
Te Pakanga Taketake i Finland (28 Hanuere <unk> 15 Mei 1918); ko te taone nui te taone nui i Finland i te timatanga o te rautau 20, i tohuhia e te tini o nga kaimahi. I te wā o te pakanga, he pā whero a Tampere, ā, ko Hugo Salmela te rangatira. Ko nga ope White, i arahina e General Mannerheim, i hopu i te taone i muri i te Pakanga o Tampere, i mau ki te 10,000 nga herehere Whero i te 6 o Aperira 1918.