Great Wrath
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The Great Wrath was the period of Russian military occupation in Finland during the final phase of the Great Northern War. At the time, Finland was part of the Swedish Empire. The occupation lasted fr
Memorial stone for the Great Wrath in Muhos, Finland
Russification of Finland
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The policy of Russification of Finland was a governmental policy of the Russian Empire aimed at limiting the special status of the Grand Duchy of Finland and possibly the termination of its political
Great Wrath
…to recover after the peace in 1721. At that point, Finland was scourged again during the Russo-Swedish War of 1741–1743, although less devastatingly. Russification of Finland, policies of the Russian Empire aimed at cultural, social, and political domination of Finland in 1899–1917 Finlandization, term used to describe…
Edvard Isto's painting The Attack (1899) symbolizes the beginning of Finland's Russification. The two-headed eagle of Russia is tearing away the law book from the Finnish Maiden's arms.
American political cartoon depicting the Russian Bear eating Finland with Territorial Expansion sauce (1902)