Czar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Russia" id="mwVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alexander I of Russia">Alexander I</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Russia" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emperor of Russia">Russian Emperor</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_of_Finland" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Grand Duke of Finland">Grand Duke of Finland</a>, officially announces the transfer of the status of the Finnish capital from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turku" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Turku">Turku</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>.<sup about="#mwt53" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_8#cite_note-9" id="mwXA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwXQ">[9]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt57" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_8#cite_note-10" id="mwXg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwXw">[10]</span></a></sup>
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