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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