page_title: Eugen Schauman
section_title: Assassination
hierarchical_section_title: Eugen Schauman / Assassination
caption_attribution_description: English: Eugen Schauman shoots Governor-General Nikolai Bobrikov. Suomi: Eugen Schauman ampuu kenraalikuvernööri Nikolai Bobrikovin, tuntemattoman tekijän piirros.
context_page_description: Eugen Waldemar Schauman was a Swedish speaking Finnish nationalist and nobleman who assassinated the Governor-General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov.
context_section_description: The assassination of Bobrikov was a topical question among the Finnish activists of the time. Other activist groups are known to have planned an assassination but Schauman convinced them to give him two weeks before they would intervene.
  When Bobrikov came to the Senate house on 16 June, Schauman shot him three times, and then himself twice in the chest, using a FN Browning M1900 pistol. Schauman died instantly. Two of the bullets that hit Bobrikov ricocheted off his decoration, but the third bounced back from his buckle and caused severe damage to his stomach. Bobrikov didn't die immediately but was taken to the Helsinki surgical hospital. Surgeon Richard Faltin attempted rescuing his life, but Bobrikov died in the night.
caption: A drawing of the assassination by an unknown author.
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