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A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of the Helsinki Workers' House, symbolically marking the start of the Finnish Civil War.
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Paramilitary organization in early 20th-century Finland
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Paasitorni
Historic building in Helsinki, Finland
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Finnish Civil War
1918 civil war in Finland
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