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Image 1 of Finland. HANDBOOKS PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OP THE HISTORICAL SECTION OP THE FOREIGN OFFICENo 47 D 6 G7 no 47 Copy 2 i FINLAND LONDON PUBLISHED BY HM STATIONERY OFFICE -
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Image 7 of Finland. HANDBOOKS PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICENo 47 FIN LAN D LONDON PUBLISHED BY HM STATIONERY OFFICE 1920 ltd Atf -
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Image 9 of Finland. Editorial Note In the spring of 1917 the Foreign Office in connection with the preparation which they were making for the work of the Peace Conference established a special section whose duty… -
Image 10 of Finland. It must be understood that although the series of volumes was prepared under the authority and is now issued with the sanction of the Foreign Office that Office is not to be… -
Image 11 of Finland. Finland TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Frontiers 1 2 Surface Lakes Rivers Coasts and Islands Surface 2 Lakes 2 Rivers 4 Coasts and Islands 4… -
Image 12 of Finland. TABLE OF CONTENTS 47 PAGE 19 Russianisation of Finland 38 20 First Effects of the War 39 21 Russian Revolution March 1917 42 22 New Diet 1917 43 23 Political Problems 43… -
Image 13 of Finland. Finland TABLE OF CONTENTS r f i iii Adequacy to Economic Needs b Shipping Lines B Industry 1 Labour a Supply of Labour Emigration and Immi gration b Labour Conditions 2 Agriculture… -
Image 14 of Finland. TABLE OF CONTENTS Ho 47 APPENDIX I Speech of Alexander II on the Opening of the Diet 1863 117 II Conclusions of the Westlake Committee 1910 119 Sir Edward Frys opinion 122… -
Image 15 of Finland. Finland I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Frontiers Finland lies at the northeastern corner of the Baltic north of the Gulf of Finland and east of the Gulf of Bothnia… -
Image 16 of Finland. 2 GEOGRAPHY so 47 northeast The distinctive features of its physiography and population give Finland a unity and national life which its position intermediate between two strong Powers Sweden and Russia has… -
Image 17 of Finland. SURFACE LAKES 3 Finland its inhabitants There are said to be upwards of 35500 lakes large and small chiefly on the southern plateau Some of these are quite isolated others are linked… -
Image 18 of Finland. 4 GEOGRAPHY No 47 Rivers There are many small rivers but unless the lakes be regarded as expanded riverbeds few long ones except in Lapland Most of the rivers drain to the… -
Image 19 of Finland. Finland RIVERS COASTS CLIMATE 5 The coasts behind the islands are low rocky and indented with fjords which tend to become silted up with alluvial matter from the many rivers yet afford… -
Image 20 of Finland. 6 GEOGRAPHY Ho 47 snow The winter snow is of importance as it facilitates travelling especially in Lapland by means of reindeer sledges Moreover to a certain extent it protects the ground… -
Image 21 of Finland. Finland SANITATION RACE AND LANGUAGE 7 of malaria but although the disease is widespread it occurs only in a mild form which is not dangerous Pulmonary tuberculosis is prevalent particularly along the… -
Image 22 of Finland. 8 GEOGRAPHY Wo 47 The Russians are mainly to be found in the south east and south They mix little with the rest of the population Across the Russian frontier there is… -
Image 23 of Finland. Finland LANGUAGE POPULATION 9 and eastern parts are predominantly Finnish Nearly all the villages of the interior are on lake shores or river banks The densest population is on the southern and… -
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Image 25 of Finland. Finland II POLITICAL HISTORY Chronological Summary 1809 Oath of Alexander I to maintain the religion laws and Constitution of the Grand Duchy March Oath re peated in a Proclamation March 180963 Finland… -
Image 26 of Finland. 12 HISTORY no 47 1907 First elections on adult suffrage and proportional repre sentation 1908 Dissolution of the Diet Measures passed by the Landtdag and Senate of Finland to be submitted to… -
Image 27 of Finland. Finland SWEDISH RULE 13 1 Finland under Swedish RideThere are no historical records of Finland before 1157 The Finns are a people of Mongolian origin who according to tradition had been settled… -
Image 28 of Finland. 14 HISTORY No 47 House of the Peasantry were added to the Estates and these often formed a counterpoise to the House of Nobles and the House of the Clergy usually acting… -
Image 29 of Finland. Finland ADVANCE OF RUSSIA 15 occasions Finnish local Diets were held Until the middle of the eighteenth century the Finns generally were quite contented to be Swedes 3 Advance of RussiaDuring the… -
Image 30 of Finland. 16 HISTORY tNo 47 1789 largely restored it These two Acts have ever since been the Fundamental Laws on which the Consti tution of Finland has been based their maintenance in full… -
Image 31 of Finland. Finland RUSSIAN CONQUEST 17 Meanwhile in 1788 some of the SwedoFinnish nobles were conspiring with Catherine of Russia in the hope that she would revive Elizabeths project of making Finland into a… -
Image 32 of Finland. 18 HISTORY tNo 47 the Russian point of view The Finnish case which has also given rise to a great deal of writing consists of the actual oath taken by Alexander in… -
Image 33 of Finland. Finland CONSTITUTION ASSURED 19 Estates were 1 all the heads of noble families making the Order of Nobles 2 bishops representatives of clergy and a few representatives of the University of Helsingfors… -
Image 34 of Finland. 20 HISTORY No 47 Ihis solemn undertaking was however not carried out as no Diet was summoned to meet for fiftythree years 7 Growth of Finnish NationalismFrom this time onward for about… -
Image 35 of Finland. Fimand GROWTH OF NATIONALISM 21 development Count Witte for instance firmly believed to his dying day that all Finland was burning to be reunited to Sweden The actual FinnoUgrian race is not… -
Image 36 of Finland. 22 HISTORY No 47 Swedish as a general and Russian as an official tongue It began when Elias Lonnrot a SwedishFinn physician first collected the various legends together which form the epic… -
Image 37 of Finland. Finland ALEXANDER I AND NICHOLAS I 23 waned The Finnish noble families always rather isolated and provincial found themselves completely cut off from Sweden and Scandinavia generally and a few of them… -
Image 38 of Finland. 24 HISTORY No 47 the GovernorGeneral to present his reports through the proper constitutional channelsthat is the Com mittee of Finnish Affairs The Diet was never called together during the reigns of… -
Image 39 of Finland. FinlandJ ALEXANDER II 25 This speech the full text of which is given in the Appendix has generally been passed over in silence by Russian writers upon the Finnish question If they… -
Image 40 of Finland. 26 HISTORY No 47 person from each of the noble families who were generally over 200 in number Numerically this body of landowners and capitalists formed a permanent majority of the Diet…
About this Item
Title
- Finland.
Names
- Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section.
Created / Published
- London, H. M. Stationery off., 1920.
Headings
- - Finland--Foreign relations
- - Finland
Notes
- - "Appendix [p. 117-127]: Speech of Alexander ii on the opening of the Diet, 1863.--Conclusions of the Westlane committee, 1910. Sir Edward Fryʼs opinion.--Bill for imperial legislation, 1910.--Declaration of independence, December 9, 1917.--Treaty between Germany and Finland.
- - "Authorities" : p. [128]-130.
Medium
- 4 p. l., 130 p. 22 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DK449 .G7
- D6 .G7 no. 47 Copy 2.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- a22000906
Online Format
- image
- online text