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Line 6: == Background == [[Image:Peasants in finland.jpg\|thumb\|270px\|'''Peasants on the field'''. ~~Propertyles~~Propertyless peasants, who worked rented farms and paid their rent through work, were people who had no political influence in the political system run by the estates.]] The background of the Civil War can be traced to political polarization caused by the major conflict between Imperial Russia and the [[autonomy\|autonomous]] [[Grand Duchy of Finland]], which commenced in [[1889]] as an outcome of Russian [[Pan-Slavism]], and was intensified in [[1899]] with the attempted [[Russification of Finland]]. As one consequence Finland's [[army]] was abolished.

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