<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nicholas II of Russia">Tsar Nicholas II of Russia</a> issues a declaration known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_Manifesto" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="February Manifesto">February Manifesto</a>, which reduces the autonomy of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Finland" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Grand Duchy of Finland">Grand Duchy of Finland</a>, thus beginning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russification_of_Finland" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russification of Finland">first period of oppression</a>.<sup about="#mwt86" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_15#cite_note-15" id="mwqA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqQ">[15]</span></a></sup>
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