Franz Albert Seyn

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Franz Albert Seyn (Russian: Францъ Альбертъ Зейнъ) (July 27, 1862 - summer of 1918) was a Russian general who was Governor-General of Finland between November 24, 1909 and March 16, 1917.

Before he became Governor-General Seyn had been a staff officer in the military district of Finland and an aide to the Governor-General. Seyn contributed in the Russification of Finland as he followed in the foot-steps of his assassinated (1904) predecessor, Governor-General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov. Finnish autonomy was further limited and in laws passed in 1908 and 1910 the Duma, instead of the Finnish Diet, was given rights to make laws concerning the Grand Duchy of Finland.

After the February Revolution the Russian Provisional Government arrested Seyn on March 16, 1917 and brought him to Saint Petersburg where he apparently was killed the next year.

Literature

Pertti Luntinen: F. A. Seyn 1862 - 1918 - A Political Biography of a tsarist Imperialist as Administrator of Finland, Helsinky, 1985, ISBN 951-9254-72-2, in English.

External links

Short biography with 1910 photo

Political offices
Preceded by Vladimir Aleksandrovich Boeckmann	Governor-General of Finland 1909-1917	Succeeded by Mihail Aleksandrovich Stahovich

v t e Governor-Generals of Grand Duchy of Finland

Sprengtporten Barclay de Tolly Steinheil Armfelt Steinheil Zakrevsky Menshikov von Berg Rokassovski Adlerberg Heiden Bobrikov Obolenski Gerhard Boeckmann Seyn Stahovich Nekrasov

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 77251788 LCCN: n86127461 ISNI: 0000 0000 2993 4457 GND: 124574319 SUDOC: 028946553

Persondata
Name	Seyn, Franz Albert
Alternative names
Short description	Governor of the grand Duchy of Finland
Date of birth	July 27, 1862
Place of birth
Date of death	1918
Place of death

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