Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakapuakina e Finland te rangatiratanga i te 6 o Hakihea 1917, i muri i te Russian Revolution i taua tau, he whakatau i whakaaetia e te kāwanatanga o Rūhia i te 31 o Hakihea 1917. Kāore i roa ka tīmata te whakapuakanga i tētahi pakanga ā-iwi
i waenganui i ngā rōpū White me 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-tohu i waenganui i te USSR me Finland mai i te 23 o Hōngongoi 1923 ki muri.