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           | DescriptionVen tunnustaa Suomen itsenisyyden.png | 
           
             English: The Bolshevik government's recognition of Finnish independence was the first concrete expression of Lenin's demand for the right of nations to self-determination. 
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           1917 | 
          
          
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