Franz Albert Seyn

Franz Albert Seyn ( Russian Франц-Альберт Зейн , scientific transliteration Franc-Al'bert Zejn ; * 1862 , † summer 1918 in Kronstadt  ?) Was a Russian military and politician. He was Tsarist Governor General in Finland from 1909 to 1917 .

Career

Franz Albert Seyn was initially an officer in the military district of Finland from 1890. From 1899 to 1905 he headed the office of the Russian Governor General for Finland. From 1907 to 1909 Seyn was adjutant to the governor general. On November 24, 1909, he was appointed Russian Governor General for Finland by Tsar Nicholas II . He held the office until March 16, 1917.

Governor General

Seyn continued the policy of Russification in Finland. In particular , he was supposed to enforce the laws passed in 1908 and 1910, which shifted the emphasis of legislation for Finland from the Finnish Reichstag to the Russian Duma . In 1912 Russian nationals were officially given the same status as Finnish citizens. At the Olympic Games in 1912 , Seyn made sure that the Finnish team was only allowed to compete under the Russian flag.

Under the state of emergency during the First World War , Seyn prepared the complete abolition of Finnish autonomy. In doing so, Seyn followed in the footsteps of his predecessor Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov , who was murdered in 1904 and was the father of the "first phase of oppression" according to Finnish historiography. Based on this, the so-called "second phase of oppression" ( Finnish : toinen sortokausi ) is associated with Seyn .

Arrest and death

After the February Revolution of 1917 , the Provisional Government of Russia had Seyn arrested on March 16, 1917 and taken to Saint Petersburg . He was later released. Seyn died in the turbulent months of the summer of 1918. His exact fate is still unclear today.

literature

Luntinen, Pertti: F. A Seyn: a political biography of a tsarist imperialist as an administrator of Finland. Helsinki 1985.

Web links

• Kurzbiographie (English)