Alexander II
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Alexander II
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ca. 1870-1886
National Museum of Finland
In 1863 Emperor Alexander II called the representatives of the Finnish estates to Helsinki. The troops of the Emperor were quenching a rebellion in Poland.
Finland’s position developed the opposite to Poland, which lost its autonomy because of local uprisings. The mid-19th-century war of Crimea had shown that Russia, which had in the past beaten Napoleon’s army, could not defend itself against the armies of Britain and France. To restore the might of the empire, Alexander II authorized a number of reforms in the entire Russian Empire, including in Finland.
These reforms were carried out by the Finnish estates: the nobles, the clergy, the burghers, and the land-owning peasants, who gathered to the Diet, no longer called "maapäivät" ("Land Diet") but "voltpäivät" ("state assembly") instead. The word "valtio," meaning "state," had just been introduced into the Finnish language, and in the 1860s the idea developed in Finland that the Grand Duchy was a separate state connected to Russia only through the emperor. The Finnish state and the Finnish nation were born in the 19th century.
The opening speech by Alexander II was the high point of the period of reforms, and the celebrations during the emperor’s visit were the most spectacular during the imperial era. During this period, industrialization and urbanization took place in Finland, railways were constructed, municipalities and parishes were established as separate entities, schools were established and the status of the Finnish language was improved.
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crisy skin, some fat and maybe a little meat.. but damn its so good
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