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| | The mighty Finn | | Guardian Unlimited Arts |
 | | This is something of a museological handshake between Russia and Finland: Mannerheim was accused of being a fascist by the Soviets, until four years ago when Vladimir Putin laid a wreath on Mannerheim's tomb in Helsinki as a gesture of reconciliation. |
 | | The third child of Count Carl Robert and Countess Helene Mannerheim, née von Julin, he was born in June 1867 at Louhisaari, a tall baroque manor house filled with music, paintings and play on the southwest coast of Finland. |
 | | Mannerheim believed a leader had to be someone to live up to, an almost mythical figure. |
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