So for context: Finland was the eastern half of Sweden for about 600 years, until Russia annexed Finland in 1809. Finland became an autonomous Grand Duchy with a separate constitution within Russian Empire. Motivation for this was partially to distance Finland from Sweden. Capital was also moved from Turku to Helsinki (further away from Sweden, closer to Russia).
Then later on, when Finland had developed national identity separate from Sweden, Russia saw this as a threat and started to Russify Finland, overruling Finnish autonomy and culture.
The original painting has the Russian two headed eagle attacking the personification of Finland, The Finnish Maiden, and the constitution of Grand Duchy of Finland.
So I edited the painting from 1899 so that the eagle obviously represents the US too, the coat of arms and constitution of Finland are replaced with coat of arms and constitution of Ukraine.
And since Ukraine doesn’t have a national personification like Maiden of Finland, I opted to edit the dress to be somewhat (I hope) Ukrainian influenced dress, and added a blooded wound. So that the person is more like Ukraine in general, not a personification.
When the original painting was done, Finland had not yeat spilled blood, but Ukraine has spilled blood to defend independence, so I added a blooded wound to her arm.
When Finland declared independence in 1917, it took 20+ years for Soviet Union to fake a reason to attack Finland. USSR tried to annex entire Finland back because “Finland used to be part of us” and Finland was a young country. But against all odds, Finland remained independent.
Yeah, that’s fair.
Do one where it tears up the constitution.
Oh I like that! Sadly it works with both eagles in this case.
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Shouldn’t the bird be bald?
So for context: Finland was the eastern half of Sweden for about 600 years, until Russia annexed Finland in 1809. Finland became an autonomous Grand Duchy with a separate constitution within Russian Empire. Motivation for this was partially to distance Finland from Sweden. Capital was also moved from Turku to Helsinki (further away from Sweden, closer to Russia).
Then later on, when Finland had developed national identity separate from Sweden, Russia saw this as a threat and started to Russify Finland, overruling Finnish autonomy and culture.
The original painting has the Russian two headed eagle attacking the personification of Finland, The Finnish Maiden, and the constitution of Grand Duchy of Finland.
So I edited the painting from 1899 so that the eagle obviously represents the US too, the coat of arms and constitution of Finland are replaced with coat of arms and constitution of Ukraine.
And since Ukraine doesn’t have a national personification like Maiden of Finland, I opted to edit the dress to be somewhat (I hope) Ukrainian influenced dress, and added a blooded wound. So that the person is more like Ukraine in general, not a personification.
When the original painting was done, Finland had not yeat spilled blood, but Ukraine has spilled blood to defend independence, so I added a blooded wound to her arm.
When Finland declared independence in 1917, it took 20+ years for Soviet Union to fake a reason to attack Finland. USSR tried to annex entire Finland back because “Finland used to be part of us” and Finland was a young country. But against all odds, Finland remained independent.
Yeah, that’s fair.
Do one where it tears up the constitution.
Oh I like that! Sadly it works with both eagles in this case.
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