Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kusagutsikana nokutonga kweRussia uye kuda kuzvimiririra kwakapfuurira, uye muna 1917 Finland yakashandisa mukana weRussian Revolution kuwana kuzvimiririra kwakakwana. Zvinosuruvarisa kuti kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwe enyika kwakatungamirira kuRussian revolution kwakanga kuripowo muFinland, uye kuzvimiririra kwakateverwa nokukurumidza nehondo yevagari vemo yemwedzi 3.5.
. Boka ravanhu ravaSoshalist/vaKomonisiti (Vatsvuku) rakasimuka richipesana neboka ravachengeti nehurumende (Vachena). Chiratidzo chekutanga kwehondo chaive kuvhenekerwa kwemwenje mutsvuku mushongwe yeHelsinki Workers 'Hall mudunhu reHakaniemi reguta musi wa 26 Ndira 1918. Sezvo Helsinki yakanga iri munharaunda yairangarirwa senharaunda yeVatsvuku, hurumende yeFinland inochengetedza yakasiya guta racho ndokuunganazve muVaasa. Finnish People's Delegation, hurumende yeFinnish Socialist Workers' Republic (sezvo Red Finland yaizivikanwa zviri pamutemo), yakavambwa muHelsinki musi wa 28 Ndira 1918. Varwi veGermany, vakabatana neWhite Guard, vakatora Helsinki kubva kuVatsvuku musi wa13 April 1918. Nepo utsinye hwakanga hwaitwa nemativi ose ari maviri mukati mekurwisana, zviuru zvevasungwa veRed zvakaparadzwa pashure pehondo apo zvaiva zvasungwa navaChitema munzvimbo dzinoverengeka, kubatanidza nhare yeSuomenlinna.