What are commonly known as the Helsinki Massacres were a series of events that took place from 1908 to 1909 in Russian-controlled Helsinki, Finland. Following the deaths of six laborers in the factories of Helsinki due to malfunctioning and dangerous machinery, thousands took to the streets demanding labor laws requiring properly functioning and safe-to-operate machinery, along with other social and political reform. The government's response was the sending-in of a battalion of infantry under the command of General Andrei Pavlov, who was also assisted by several Russian warships in port nearby. Pavlov was given the command of re-establishing order in the city and arresting the leaders of the protests. However, after a scuffle between Russian troops and protesting laborers in front of City
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| - What are commonly known as the Helsinki Massacres were a series of events that took place from 1908 to 1909 in Russian-controlled Helsinki, Finland. Following the deaths of six laborers in the factories of Helsinki due to malfunctioning and dangerous machinery, thousands took to the streets demanding labor laws requiring properly functioning and safe-to-operate machinery, along with other social and political reform. The government's response was the sending-in of a battalion of infantry under the command of General Andrei Pavlov, who was also assisted by several Russian warships in port nearby. Pavlov was given the command of re-establishing order in the city and arresting the leaders of the protests. However, after a scuffle between Russian troops and protesting laborers in front of City
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- Finnish laborers
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| - *800 infantry
**plus 950 police
*Ten guns
*Four aircraft
*13 warships
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| - *48 killed
*92 wounded
*One warship sunk
*One warship damaged
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| - *Between 400 and 2,000 killed
*500-1,200 wounded
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| - *6,000 - 12,000 laborers & strikers
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| - *Brigadier General Andrei Pavlov
- *Several labor and union leaders
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| - *Baltic War (MastahCheef117)
**Enforcement of safety procedures in factories in Finland
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| - Helsinki, Russian Finland
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| - *Baltic War
**Battle of Helsinki
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| - What are commonly known as the Helsinki Massacres were a series of events that took place from 1908 to 1909 in Russian-controlled Helsinki, Finland. Following the deaths of six laborers in the factories of Helsinki due to malfunctioning and dangerous machinery, thousands took to the streets demanding labor laws requiring properly functioning and safe-to-operate machinery, along with other social and political reform. The government's response was the sending-in of a battalion of infantry under the command of General Andrei Pavlov, who was also assisted by several Russian warships in port nearby. Pavlov was given the command of re-establishing order in the city and arresting the leaders of the protests. However, after a scuffle between Russian troops and protesting laborers in front of City Hall on May 6, a platoon of Russian infantry fired into a massed crowd, killing several dozen and wounding over a hundred. The following day, the strikers retaliated by attacking the soldiers with rocks, household appliances and makeshift weapons. Further skirmishes continued throughout the summer and casualties began to rise. Pavlov, rather than stand down, continued to pursue his goal of re-establishing order. He gave his troops permission to continue the mini-war, thereby letting the killings continue, eventually bringing the Russian and German Empires to war almost a year later..
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