Was Finland a part of Russia?

The capital itself was moved closer to Russia and away from Sweden. During 19th century Finland developed a lot economically. Good things were however not to last. read more

Essentially throughout the 19th century. Russian Empire gained Finland as a result of Finnish war 1808–1809. Finland became Autonomous Grand Duchy of Russian Empire, under direct control of czar Alexander I. read more

Finland was historically a part of Sweden and from 1809 an autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire. Finland's declaration of independence from Russia in 1917 was followed by a civil war, wars against the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, and a period of official neutrality during the Cold War. read more

Tens of thousands of radical Finns—from Finland, the United States and Canada—took up Stalin's 1923 appeal to create a new Soviet society in the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (KASSR), a part of Russia. read more