Jäger Movement
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The Jäger Movement was a Finnish political and military movement whose aim was to liberate the Grand Duchy of Finland from the Russian Empire and create an independent Finnish state. The movement grew
A plaque marking the birthplace (1914) of the Jäger Movement at the Ostrobothnia House in Helsinki.
1st Company of the 27th Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion at Lockstedt camp, 1916.
Major Maximilian Bayer, commander of the 27th Royal Prussian Jäger Battalion.
Finnish Jägers parading at the town square of Vaasa, 1918.
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
Jäger Movement
…from the Russian Empire and create an independent Finnish state. The movement grew out of the Finnish activist movement that had emerged during the periods of Russification. From 1915, a total of 1,894 Finnish volunteers received military training in Germany, and the soldiers came to play a central role in the Finnish Civil…
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)