Bolshevik victory The Revolt of the Ingrian Finns (Finnish: Inkeriläisten kansannousu, also known as Inkerin vapaustaistelu) was an uprising of Ingrian Finns in Ingria during the Russian Civil War and Heimosodat, the uprising began as small pockets of resistance in 1918, with organized resistance efforts beginning in January 1919 with the establishment of both the Temporary Caretaker Committee of Northern and Western Ingria, and lasting until the collapse of the Kirjasalo Republic on 5 December 1920.

Following the October Revolution in St Petersburg, the Grand Duchy of Finland immediately began preparing to declare its independence.

[3] The North Ingria Regiment was led by Georg Elfvengren and trained by Jaeger Colonel Eero Kuussaari.

[6] Elfvengren was sacked by the Finns due to having performed the offensive without permission on 2 August 1919, he was replaced by a Finnish Elja Rihtniemi [fi].

Rihtiniemi served as the leader of the unit for two months, having only really built fortifications during his tenure and later resigning, Elfvengren was re-hired.

[6] Elfvengren's regiment won the battle, however was forced to retreat to Kirjasalo, due to the complete lack of artillery and trains, which the Bolsheviks had.

[6][4] Finland had not offered significant support to the Kirjasalo Republic, not wanting to sabotage its peace negotiations with the Bolshevik Russia.

[2] The North Ingria Regiment crossed the border into Finland to be disarmed, and Elfvengren soon resigned from his station in the Finnish military to fight with the White Russians in Crimea.

[3] It is thought that a small number of the North Ingrians involved with the rebellion never reached Finland, and decades later appeals were put out in newspapers asking after them.