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COMMANDER // 1884–1918

Ali Aaltonen

lieutenantFinlandFinnish Reds1 battle1 war

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1884 – 1918

1885189018951900190519101915Russian Civil War · 1917-1922Battle of Tampere — March 8, 1918 · Finnish Reds · Russian Civil War

Active service 1918 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 34.

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Aleksi "Ali" Aaltonen was a Finnish journalist and former lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army, who served as the first commander-in-chief of the Finnish Red Guards from November 1917 to the end of January 1918. He was executed in Lahti after the Finnish Civil War in May 1918.

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Last verified June 2026
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