Re: More stupidities

From: Timo Valtonen (timo.valtonen_at_***saunalahti.fi)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 08:24:57 +0300

"J. Anderson" <fergana@NOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message
news:cif260$5hq$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi...
>
> "Arpad" <arpadia@centrum.cz> skrev i meddelandet
> news:b062caa9.0409170732.7f318c1f@posting.google.com...
> > "Timo Valtonen" <timo.valtonen@***saunalahti.fi> wrote in message
> news:<cie0np$i9q$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi>...
> > > Lenin museum in Tampere is still very active at the premises where
Lenin
> and
> > > Stalin met for the first time. And any way, the big statue on the most
> > > centrally located square in Helsinki (Senate Square) is that of the
> Grand
> > > Duke of Finland, Emperor of Russia, Czar od Poland, etc.etc. Alexander
> II.
> >
> > Alexander I?
>
> No, A II. The most respected of our five ruling 'Romanovs'. This their
order
> of popularity:
> 1) Alexander II
> 2) Alexander I
> 3) Alexander III
> 4) Nicholas I
> 5) Nicholas II
>

A II was popular indeed. During his time Finland got its own currency, the
markka, which surviced all the revolutions and wars, but was finally
defeated by the allmighty Euro.The Finnish language was declared equal to
Swedish and Russians, etc. etc.
The statue of A II was erected during the reign of N II actually as a
protest, because N II tried to russify the country.
Quite a devious lot, those Finns...

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