Demonstration against the February Manifesto at the Senate Square

A huge crowd around the statue of Tsar Alexander II on the Senate Square
Demonstration against the February Manifesto at the Senate Square on 13 March 1899, the day Emperor Alexander II died. The people of Helsinki created a tradition of dressing in mourning clothes and putting flowers on the memorial statue of Alexander II (the “Tsar Liberator”) in order to protest against the Russification measures
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Helsinki City Museum / Axel Strandberg

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1899

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Strandberg Axel

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Helsinki City Museum