February Manifesto
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The February Manifesto, also known as His Imperial Majesty's Graceful Announcement was a legislative act given by Emperor of Russia Nicholas II on 15 February 1899, defining the legislation order of l
Count Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden, Governor-General of Finland. Portrait by Ivan Kramskoi from 1881.
Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. A portrait by Albert Edelfelt from 1896.
Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
A demonstration at the Senate Square in Helsinki on 13 March 1899.
Laukkuryssä
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In Finland, "laukkuryssä" were travelling salesmen who went around Finland and northern Sweden from the middle 19th century to the early 20th century. Despite the name, "laukkuryssäs" were not ethnica
"Laukkuryssä" peddlers from Kiestinki in Lohja.