Governor-General of Finland

The Governor-General of Finland was the head of the Senate of Finland, the government in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, between 1808 and 1917. The Governor-General was the highest representative of the Russian Tsar and received his instructions directly from the Tsar.

Related Topics:
Senate of Finland - Grand Duchy of Finland - 1808 - 1917 - Russia - Tsar

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Many of the Governors-General were intensively disliked by the Finnish population. The first man on the post, Sprengtporten, resigned after only a year and Bobrikov was assassinated in 1904 by Finnish nationalist Eugen Schauman.

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Assassin - 1904 - Eugen Schauman

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