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Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto was written in the glory days of Imperial Russia — an empire that included Finland as a grand duchy subjected, by the time Sibelius’s Second Symphony premiered in 1902, to severe policies of Russification.
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Joshua Barone, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
Europe has 12 remaining monarchies, including three principalities and a grand duchy.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
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Joshua Barone, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
Europe has 12 remaining monarchies, including three principalities and a grand duchy.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
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“Grand duchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20duchy. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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