The Grand Duchy of Finland is an autonomous part of the Russian Empire and is currently led by Grand Duke Franz Albert Seyn. It is a free grand duchy, dominion of the Russian Empire, the northern dacha of Petrogradtsy, and undoubtedly the Nordic powder keg. Grand Duchy of Finland Official Name Grand Duchy of Finland Location Northern Europe Capital

Alina Kuusisto is a postdoctoral researcher at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland. She gained her PhD in 2017 in Finnish History. She has studied higher education policy, Finnish and European policies of cross-border cooperation and local and regional history of North Karelia and Eastern Finland in 19th and 20th centuries.

The Grand Duchy of Finland, was the predecessor state of modern Finland.

The Grand Duchy of Finland (literally Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecessor state of modern Finland. It existed 1809–1917 as part of the Russian Empire and was ruled by the Russian Emperor as Grand Prince.

Великое княжество Финляндское, Velikoje knjažestvo Finljandskoje) oli Venäjän keisarikunnan autonominen osa pääosin nykyisen Suomen valtion alueella vuosina 1809–1917. Autonominen suurruhtinaskunta oli Suomenmaan vallan käyttäjänä itsenäisen Suomen edeltäjä, joka täytti jo suuren osan itsenäisen valtion tunnusmerkistöstä.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow, [2] [3] Muscovite Russia, [4] Muscovite Rus' [5] or Grand Principality of Moscow [6] [7] ( Russian: Великое княжество Московское, romanized: Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye; or Muscovy in English from the Latin Moscovia) [8] was a principality in Rus'. It was in the late Middle Ages in Moscow.

This so obviously democratic, almost self-governing grand duchy of Finland was a thorn in the side of the vast autocratic Russian State conception. Out of this train of thought arose Russia's first attack upon the liberties of Finland during the dark years 1899-1906.

The Grand Duchy of Finland was essentially an autonomous country with a legal and administrative system inherited from Sweden rather than Russia and with a local Swedish speaking ruling class and not Russian, apart from the Governor General who was often Russian.

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany ( Italian: Granducato di Toscana, Latin: Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was a monarchy in Tuscany, an area in the north-west of the Italian Peninsula. It existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859. It replaced the Duchy of Florence. It was ruled by the Grand Duke of Tuscany. The capital of the grand duchy was Florence.

Luxembourg is a country in Western Europe. Its official name is the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Luxembourgish: Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg, French: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, German: Großherzogtum Luxemburg ). It is a small country by land area. It was one of the first countries in the European Union. It is also a member of the Benelux.