Nikolay Ivanovich Bobrikov was a Russian general and politician. He was the Governor-General of Finland and the Finnish Military District from August 29 [O.S. 17] 1898 until his death, during the early reign of Emperor Nicholas II, and was responsible for the Russification of Finland. After appointment as the governor-general, he quickly became very unpopular and was assassinated by Eugen Schauman, a Finnish nationalist born in Kharkiv.
General Nikolay Bobrikov, c. 1900
A drawing of the assassination by an unknown author
Governor-general Nikolay Bobrikov's casket at the Eastern Orthodox Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki, before being transported to St. Petersburg
Governor-General of Finland
The governor-general of Finland was the military commander and the highest administrator of Finland sporadically under Swedish rule in the 17th and 18th centuries and continuously in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland between 1809 and 1917.
Governor-General of Finland
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