Grand Duchy of Finland

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The Grand Duchy of Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire from 1809 to 1917, during which it developed its own institutions and national identity before becoming the independent Republic of Finland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous grand duchy
constituent part of an empire
former polity
administrativeCenter Finnish Senate
surface form: Senate of Finland
capital Helsinki
coatOfArms coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Finland
continent Europe
contributedTo emergence of Finnish national identity
currency Finnish markka
ruble
developedInstitution Bank of Finland
surface form: Finnish national bank

Parliament of Finland
surface form: Finnish national parliament

Finnish postal service
endTime 1917
establishedAsResultOf Finnish War
flag state flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland
followedBy independence of Finland
hadAutonomyWithin Russian Empire
hasGovernmentForm autonomous region within an empire
constitutional monarchy
headOfState Tsar of Russia
surface form: Emperor of Russia
legalSystem separate legal system from Russia
legislativeBody Diet of Finland
Parliament of Finland
locatedIn Northern Europe
monarch Alexander I of Russia
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander III of Russia
Nicholas I of Russia
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
nativeName Grand Duchy of Finland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Storfurstendömet Finland

Grand Duchy of Finland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta
officialLanguage Finnish
Swedish
officialName Grand Duchy of Finland self-link
partOf Russian Empire
predecessor Swedish rule in Finland
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
surface form: Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church

Lutheranism
significantEvent February Manifesto (1899)
surface form: February Manifesto of 1899

Finnish Declaration of Independence
surface form: Finnish declaration of independence

Russification of Finland
startTime 1809
successor Finland
surface form: Republic of Finland
treaty Treaty of Fredrikshamn
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Duchy of Finland officialName Grand Duchy of Finland self-link
Grand Duchy of Finland nativeName Grand Duchy of Finland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Storfurstendömet Finland
Grand Duchy of Finland nativeName Grand Duchy of Finland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta
February Manifesto (1899) appliesTo Grand Duchy of Finland
February Manifesto (1899) country Grand Duchy of Finland
Pechenga wasPartOf Grand Duchy of Finland
Treaty of Fredrikshamn appliesTo Grand Duchy of Finland
Bombardment of Bomarsund location Grand Duchy of Finland
Oulu Province (historical) partOf Grand Duchy of Finland
Finnish parliamentary reform of 1906 country Grand Duchy of Finland
Saint Petersburg Governorate borderedBy Grand Duchy of Finland
this entity surface form: Finland (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Viipuri wasPartOf Grand Duchy of Finland
Sortavala wasPartOf Grand Duchy of Finland
Mikhail Botvinnik placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
Finnish coat of arms associatedWithPeriod Grand Duchy of Finland
Agrarian League operatedIn Grand Duchy of Finland
Kullervo’s Curse countryOfCulturalOrigin Grand Duchy of Finland
Old Woman with a Cat creatorCountry Grand Duchy of Finland
Nyland sharesHistoryWith Grand Duchy of Finland
Helene Schjerfbeck placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
Finnish Party country Grand Duchy of Finland
President Juho Kusti Paasikivi placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
subject surface form: Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Seiskari formerCountry Grand Duchy of Finland
this entity surface form: Grand Duchy of Finland (within the Russian Empire)
Armas Einar Leopold Lönnbohm placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
Aleksis Kivi placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
Aleksis Kivi placeOfDeath Grand Duchy of Finland
Jean Sibelius placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
Arvid Genetz countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Finland
Finnish people historicalPoliticalContext Grand Duchy of Finland
this entity surface form: Grand Duchy of Finland under the Russian Empire
Frans Eemil Sillanpää placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
Carl Ludvig Engel countryOfDeath Grand Duchy of Finland
Muolaa locatedIn Grand Duchy of Finland
Grand Duchy hasFormerExample Grand Duchy of Finland
Vissarion Belinsky placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
Castrén countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Finland
subject surface form: Matthias Alexander Castrén
Finnish Literature Society foundedInPeriod Grand Duchy of Finland
Clas Thunberg placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
Finnish law historicalPeriod Grand Duchy of Finland
Mauritz Stiller placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland
Terioki locatedInTime Grand Duchy of Finland
Great Fire of Turku 1827 country Grand Duchy of Finland
Economic Department of the Finnish Senate country Grand Duchy of Finland