What the records say
- When
- 16 Jun 1904
- Kind
- Assassination
- Deaths
- 2
- Coordinates
- 60.17° N, 24.95° E
- Description
- 1904 murder in Helsinki, Finland
Assassination of Nikolay Bobrikov
1904 murder in Helsinki, Finland
The assassination of Nikolay Bobrikov took place on 16 June [O.S. 3 June] 1904 when Finnish nationalist Eugen Schauman shot and killed the Governor-General of Finland, Nikolay Bobrikov, on a staircase in the Government Palace, which at the time was the main building of the Senate of Finland. After shooting Bobrikov, Schauman shot and killed himself.
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