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Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.

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Eugen Schauman

Finnish nationalist activist (1875–1904)

Eugen Waldemar Schauman was a Finnish nationalist activist and member of the noble Schauman family. In 1904, Schauman assassinated Nikolai Bobrikov, the Governor-General of Finland.
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Assassination of Nikolay Bobrikov

1904 murder in Helsinki, Finland

The assassination of Nikolay Bobrikov took place on 16 June [O.S. 3 June] 1904 when Finnish nationalist Eugen Schauman shot and killed the Governor-General of Finland, Nikolay Bobrikov, on a staircase in the Government Palace, which at the time was the main building of the…
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Nikolay Bobrikov

Governor-General of Finland from 1898 until his assassination in 1904

Nikolay Ivanovich Bobrikov was a Russian general and politician. He was the Governor-General of Finland and the Finnish Military District from 29 August [O.S. 17] 1898 until his death, during the early reign of Emperor Nicholas II, and was responsible for the Russification…
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Governor-General of Finland

Military commander and highest administrator of Finland from the 17th century to 1917

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.
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