Duchy of Finland

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Duchy
gptkbp:area 338,424 km²
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Gulf_of_Finland
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Helsinki
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_Finland
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Finnish_culture
Russian_culture
Scandinavian_culture
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Finnish_markka
gptkbp:dissolved 1917
gptkbp:established 1809
gptkbp:firstAwarded gptkb:Alexander_I_of_Russia
gptkbp:flag Flag of Finland
gptkbp:geographicalFeature Northern_Europe
gptkbp:governmentType Constitutional monarchy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 19th century
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Path to independence
Part_of_the_Russian_Empire
Autonomy_from_Sweden
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Duchy of Finland
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Tampere
gptkb:Oulu
gptkb:Espoo
Turku
Vantaa
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Finnish_Civil_War
gptkb:Finnish_War
Declaration of independence
Cultural revival in the 19th century
World_War_I_impact
Establishment_of_the_Finnish_Parliament
Formation_of_the_Senate_of_Finland
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Minna_Canth
gptkb:Elias_Lönnrot
gptkb:Jean_Sibelius
gptkb:Alexander_I_of_Russia
gptkb:Alvar_Aalto
Paavo Nurmi
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Väinö Linna
Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim
Johan Ludwig Runeberg
gptkbp:officialLanguage Finnish
Swedish
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Grand_Duchy_of_Finland
gptkbp:population 2.5 million
gptkbp:succeededBy Republic of Finland