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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