Why Helsinki Is Worth Visiting for the Architecture Alone
With its radical buildings by Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, the Finnish capital is one of Europe’s most fascinating, if ...
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What we can learn from Finland
Finland has long handled its challenging neighbours with care. It was part of the kingdom of Sweden until 1809, when it was ceded to Russia as the “grand duchy of Finland”. Finland declared ...
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Meet the world’s first female parliamentarians
In the meantime, the assassinations started piling up. In 1904, Governor-General Nikolai Bobrikov was the first to be taken down by the Finns. Soon after, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, a relative ...
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My Grandmother's Passport
In 1911, the Grand Duchy of Finland was a personal possession of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. This passport comes from two years before the Romanovs celebrated their tercentenary and six years ...