Mikhail Mikhaylovich Borodkin (1852 – 1919) was Russian Empire lieutenant general, military lawyer, senator, state councilman, and historian.[1] He is best remembered as the author of a seminal six volume history of Finland, published from 1908 to 1915.

Mikhail Borodkin

Biography edit

Mikhail Mikhailovich Borodkin was born in Bomarsund in 1852. Borodkin was a graduate of Alexander Military Law Academy. Assistant to the chief military prosecutor, 1909; appointed head of the Alexander Military Law Academy, 1911; Senator, 1911. Member of the State Council, 1916.

Borodkin wrote extensively on the Finnish question. He published an extensive and detailed six-volume Istoriia Finliandii (History of Finland), published from 1908 to 1915.

Works edit

  • Istoriia Finliandii (History of Finland). In six volumes. 1908–1915.
    • Peter the Great times.[2]
    • Elizabeth Petrovna Times [3]
    • Times of Catherine II and Paul I.[4]
    • Time of Emperor Nicholas I [5]
    • The Recent History of Finland. Management Time of N. I. Bobrikov [6]
    • Volume 6. Time of Emperor Alexander II [7]
  • Finland: Its Place in the Russian State. 1911.

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gurko, Vladimir Iosifovich (1939). Features and Figures of the Past: Government and Opinion in the Reign of Nicholas II (in Russian). p. 611.
  2. ^ Borodkin, Mikhail. History of Finland. Peter the Great Times (in Russian). ISBN 5519381208.
  3. ^ Borodkin, Mikhail. History of Finland. Elizabeth Petrovna times (in Russian). ISBN 9785519381215.
  4. ^ Borodkin, Mikhail. History of Finland. Catherine II and Paul I times (in Russian). ISBN 9785519381222.
  5. ^ Borodkin, Mikhail. History of Finland. Time of Emperor Nicholas I (in Russian). ISBN 9785519387286.
  6. ^ Borodkin, Mikhail. The Recent History of Finland. Management Time of N.I.vBobrikov (in Russian). ISBN 5519422389.
  7. ^ Borodkin, Mikhail. History of Finland. Volume 6. Time of Emperor Alexander II (in Russian). ISBN 5519422389.