AtD 83 spoiler Kute Korrespondences
Ya Sam
takoitov at hotmail.com
Sun Nov 26 09:45:07 CST 2006
the Russian tsar and his evil viceroy General Bobrikoff [or Bobrikov]
from wikipedia:
"In 1898, Tsar Nicholas II appointed Bobrikov as the Governor-General of
Finland. Bobrikov was both hated and feared by the Finnish population as he
thought that Finland was still a foreign country that threatened Russia."
...
" In 1903 Bobrikov was given dictatorial powers by the Tsar so that he could
fire government officials and abolish newspapers. On June 16, 1904 Bobrikov
was assassinated by Eugen Schauman in Helsinki. Schaumann shot Bobrikov
three times and himself twice. Schaumann died instantly and Bobrikov died
later that night in the hospital.
Bobrikov's assassination took place on the same day that is described in
James Joyce's novel Ulysses, and is briefly mentioned in the book."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Bobrikoff
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