The Finnish declaration of independence (Finnish: Suomen itsenäisyysjulistus) was adopted by the Parliament of Finland on 6 December 1917. It declared Finland an independent nation, among nations and a sovereign republic and therefore broke the country free from being the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland.
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