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Revolutionära ryska matroser från slagskeppet Petropavlovsk som låg i Helsingfors hamn under sommaren 1917. På flaggan står det "Död åt borgerskapet". På internet så skrivs de ofta in som anarkister. Kan det vara samma 250 anarkistiska matroser som strider på den röda sidan i februari i Tammerforsområdet 1918 som nämns i Upton, Anthony F.: The finnish revolution, 1917-1918 (s.420) eller de anarkister som nämns strida i tammerfors enligt en berättelse i Mankinen; Palmer: Finlands röda garden (s.74)? Samma folk som de finska röda myndigheterna trakasserade o arresterade?

leaders in the Area Committee and the Soviet believed that they were completely losing control to what they called anarchist elements, and that these anarchists were sabotaging their efforts to enlist volunteers. Already, on 28 January, they had accused anarchists of attacking the new Red Army, and described them as "this trash and poison, which at present burdens the radiant pathway to socialism."On 4 February the Area Committee told the Deputation they would bring in a disciplined Latvian regiment to deal with the anarchists, and telegraphed to Podvoiski that "anarchist hooligan groups use every means to claim that the Red Guards formed from military units in Finland are intended to oppress the workers." He went on to appeal for help: "We have some loyal units, but we need two or three armoured trains, then everything will immediately run in an orderly way." In fact, Glazunov and his fellow Bolsheviks were, ironically, in the grip of a "Red scare." There had been anarchists among the garrison ever since March, and they flew their black flag over the former naval officers' club in Helsinki. But though they were certainly contemptuous of the Bolsheviks, once the revolution began they issued a call for all workers to unite against the bourgeoisie. Glazunov was incapable of distinguishing anarchists from the minority of hooligans and demoralized soldiers, who did exist and occasionally set out on drunken plundering expeditions. In the end it was the Finns who acted; Helsinki Local Staff told the Area Committee that such elements "want to stir up brigandage and in this way set up conflict between the Red Guard and the soldiers" and asked the Area Committee to stop "provocations." But since by then the Area Committee had no power to do much against these undisciplined fringe elements, the Helsinki militia was turned loose on them; the militia began a policy of raiding their premises and making arrests to bring these criminal activities to an end, and the genuine anarchists were caught up in the repression.