THROWBACKTHISDAY; Finland declares independence from Russia.

                                  

 

The Finnish declaration of independence was adopted by the Parliament of Finland on 6 December 1917. It declared Finland an independent nation, among nations ending its autonomy within Russia as its Grand Duchy of Finland, with reference to a simultaneously delivered bill to the Diet to make Finland a independent republic instead.

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 98 years and TBT Blog remembers.