Kesar Filippovich Ordin (1835—1892) was a 19th-century

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mathematician and historian. He was a graduate in mathematics of

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and author of a number of articles on Finland, opposing Finnish separatism. Ordin is perhaps most known of his work in which he tried to disprove the claims published by

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(also part of

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at that time)

Leo Mechelin Leopold (Leo) Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin (24 November 1839 in Hamina, Finland – 26 January 1914 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish politician, professor, liberal reformer and businessman. A leading defender of the autonomy of the Grand Duchy ...

about the 1809

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. Whereas Mechelin thought that

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and Russia had made a treaty which resulted the two countries to form a so-called "permanent

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", Ordin's version was that Finland had simply been merged to the motherland.

References

* Heikkonen, Ojakoski, Väisänen, "Muutosten maailma 4: Suomen historian käännekohtia" (WSOY, 2003), . Pages 59 and 202. 1892 deaths Saint Petersburg State University alumni 1835 births 19th-century historians from the Russian Empire {{Russia-historian-stub