Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Lokacin da Finland ta ayyana 'yancin kai a ranar 6 ga Disamba, 1917, "Avance" har yanzu yana ƙarƙashin ikon Rasha. Bayan wani yunƙurin da aka yi na sake kama ta a farkon shekarar 1918, 'yan juyin juya halin Rasha da ke janyewa sun kai ta St. Petersburg. 'Yan Rasha sun dawo da ita cikin mummunan yanayi a 1922 bayan "Wäinämöinen" da "Ilmarinen", tsoffin masu fasa kankara biyu na Rasha da White Guard suka kama a lokacin
yakin basasa a 1918, an mayar da su ga masu mallakar su na baya. Ba zai iya biyan kuɗin gyaran gyare-gyare ba, kamfanin jirgin ruwa ya sayar da "Avance" ga Hukumar Kula da Jirgin Ruwa don FIM miliyan 1.58. An gyara ta a tashar jirgin ruwa ta Ab Crichton, wanda aka biya FIM miliyan 1.25 don aikin, kuma a ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1923 an fassara sunanta zuwa "Apu", wanda ke nufin "taimako" a yaren Finnish.