Its origin story began with Russian aircraft stationed in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was an autonomous region under the Russian Empire until the 1917 revolution. Shortly after Finland ...

In the meantime, the assassinations started piling up. In 1904, Governor-General Nikolai Bobrikov was the first to be taken down by the Finns. Soon after, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, a relative ...

In 1911, the Grand Duchy of Finland was a personal possession of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. This passport comes from two years before the Romanovs celebrated their tercentenary and six years ...

Finland has long handled its challenging neighbours with care. It was part of the kingdom of Sweden until 1809, when it was ceded to Russia as the “grand duchy of Finland”. Finland declared ...