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Finland and the Tsars

Fisher’s treatment of the history of Finland, in the context of its relations with Russia, was released in 1899—at the start of the first attempted wave of Russification. At this time, it seems, many Finns regarded it as a misunderstanding. A mistake. Not a contrivance of Nicholas II, but a villainy emanating instead, fen-sucked, from the sinister Russian state machinery—the fief of a myopic and obdurate cadre of supremacists and absolut…

Episodes

1. Preface10/1/2023
2. Chapter 02 - The Approach of Russia10/2/2023
3. Chapter 01 - Land and People10/2/2023
4. Chapter 03 - A Diet Summoned10/3/2023
5. Chapter 04 - The Diet of Borga10/4/2023
6. Chapter 05 - The Diet at Work10/5/2023
7. Chapter 06 - The New Order in Finland10/6/2023
8. Chapter 07 - Nicholas I10/7/2023
9. Chapter 08 - Alexander II-The Diet Revived10/8/2023
10. Chapter 09 - Alexander III and the Reaction10/9/2023
11. Chapter 10 - The Attack on the Constitution10/10/2023
12. Chapter 11a - Constitutional Machinery, Part 110/11/2023
13. Chapter 11b - Constitutional Machinery, Part 210/12/2023
14. Chapter 12a - The February Manifesto, Part 110/13/2023
15. Chapter 12b - The February Manifesto, Part 210/14/2023
16. Chapter 13 - The Military Question10/15/2023
17. Chapter 14a - The Reply to the Tsar, Part 110/16/2023
18. Chapter 14b - The Reply to the Tsar, Part 210/17/2023
19. Chapter 16 - The Next Step?10/29/2023
20. Chapter 15 - The Constitutional Argument10/29/2023
21. Finland and the Tsars 1809-1899 - Joseph R Fisher7/18/2026
22. Among the Meadow People - Clara Dillingham Pierson7/19/2026
23. Quest of the Golden Girl - Richard le Gallienne7/20/2026
24. Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park - James W Schultz7/21/2026

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