Ka cika wannan jumla: Rashin gamsuwa da mulkin Rasha da kuma kira ga 'yancin kai ya ci gaba, kuma a shekara ta 1917 Finland ta yi amfani da juyin juya halin Rasha don ta sami cikakken 'yanci. Abin takaici, rikicin zamantakewa da siyasa wanda ya haifar da juyin juya halin Rasha ya wanzu a Finland, kuma 'yancin kai ya biyo bayan watanni 3.5.
Yaƙin basasa. Bangaren gurguzu / kwaminisanci na yawan jama'a (Reds) ya tashi a kan bangaren masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da gwamnati (Fararen fata). Alamar fara tashin hankali ita ce hasken jan fitila a hasumiyar zauren Ma'aikatan Helsinki a gundumar Hakaniemi na garin a ranar 26 ga Janairu 1918. Kamar yadda Helsinki ya kasance a cikin abin da aka yi la'akari da yankin Red, gwamnatin Finnish mai ra'ayin mazan jiya ta bar garin kuma ta sake haɗuwa a Vaasa. Wakilin Jama'ar Finland, gwamnatin Jamhuriyar Socialist Workers ta Finland (kamar yadda aka san Red Finland a hukumance), an kafa shi a Helsinki a ranar 28 ga Janairu 1918. Sojojin Jamus, abokan kawancen White Guard, sun kwace Helsinki daga Reds a ranar 13 ga Afrilu 1918. Duk da yake an aikata mugunta ta bangarorin biyu a lokacin rikici, dubban fursunonin Red sun mutu bayan yakin yayin da aka tsare su a wurare da dama, ciki har da sansanin soja na Suomenlinna.