The Russian Civil War in Finland

When the treaty of reslitovsk was signed in march 19 18, it radically altered the trajectory of the brewing civil war in finland. The wealthier bourgeoisie, aristocratic and nationalist elements re grouped and mobilized forces to defend the traditional parliament and its government. South of finland, the people of the baltic states had no opportunity for the kind of class war like the one unfolding to their north. German armies had long since pushed their way in to occupy the region. It was a similar story further south in bellerus they too were now mostly occupied by the germans after the russians had stalled too long signing the terms of treaty.