WI: Finland joined the Polish-Soviet War?

What are the possible results of Finland joining into the Polish-Soviet War on the Polish side? I know they already had some grievances against the Soviets already and were involved in skirmishes and battles on the borderlands. What benefit would the Poles and Finns have by coordinating? Is it possible for the Finns to threaten Petrograd? If successful what do the Finns try to gain at the Riga Peace Meetings? Love to hear from more knowledgeable folks on this.
 
You would need different government before Finland would join war against Soviet Union. Well, it is possible in right circumstances. And if Finland really would join to Poland Finland probably could get Russian Karelia and kola and so guarantee more defendable borders. Bolsheviks probably would lost civil war and Russia would be soon in chaos when white generals begin dispute about power.
 
Hmmm, such a confusing mess, this period was. Looks like I am going to need to check up a lot of stuff on OmniAtlas. Now, I don't see the Finns necessarily wanting to go to war with the Russians, having already (I think) gotten their land and independence. The Poles also apparently turned down some land offered to the hem by the Soviets, as Warsaw didn't want enough Belarussians or Ukrainians in their state to make it viable for them to secede and become their own countries. If the Balts are on board, and maybe there is some local Russian government somewhere content with controlling an a Great the size of Austria-Hungary we might get somewhere. Otherwise maybe have the Soviets start up early the elimination of the Karelian, Finns, Votes, and Izhorians. If the Finns did particate it would probably hasten the Soviets eliminating them, but at least now Finnish communists and Finnish-Americans and Finnish-Canadians might know not to go to the USSR. Though at that point in time it actually WAS Soviet Russia, wasn't it?
 
Why on earth would they do that? The Finnish government had already refused to attack Petrograd earlier in 1919 when the Whites were still much more of a force to be reckoned with.
 
Like my fellow Finns comment above, there was really very little Finland could gain out of a war against the Bolsheviks at this point. Without a major power supporting Finland in the war, it would be too costly and dangerous to try to take anything by the use of overt force. Finland got a new republican constitution in the summer of 1919, and after it was confirmed Finland had a president who did not support entangling the nation in any overt conflicts. The cabinets in 1919-1920 were also made of such parties that would have recoiled at the idea of a Finnish "intervention" in Russia. The interventionists were in a minority. What the Finns wanted was a negotiated peace with Petrograd instead, and a permanent treaty formalizing the borders of the republic. The discussions about a peace treaty were begun in Tartu in the spring of 1920.
 
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