No attempted Russification of Finland

What do you believe the long term consequences would be if Alexander III and Nicholas II of Russia had continued the policy of respecting (and even encouraging) Finnish nationalism within the Russian Empire and had not attempted to Russify the country? This basically means no meddling in their internal politics as well, of course.

What butterflies would this likely cause, and how would WWI or the Russian Civil War be different as a result?
 
Ah come on now. Doesn't anyone think this could potentially cause some interesting divergences?
 
No, I'm sorry. Of course, to avoid Russification we'd already need some more substancial changes to the timeline than simply making the Czar change his mind, deus ex machina. Russification wasn't driven just by the Russian nationalism, it did have political reasons, and many of "progressive" Russian politicians - such a s Stolypin, whose name keeps popping up as a man who could have prevented the 1917 Revolution and made Russia a democracy - supported it wholeheartly.

But even if there hadn't been Russification, I can only see it butterflying in Finland. The 1918 Civil War probably could have been avoided or at least would have been of a limited impact because of it. First, if the 1878 conscription law had still been in force, there would have been a limited involvement of the Finnish soldiers in the WWI, but more importantly, there would have trained reserve forces which probably would have been much more efficient in controlling unrest than the improvised White Guards. Second, the Russo-Japanese War would still probably lead to a Revolution in 1905 and establishment of the Finnish Parliament, where Socialists would have been a force to reckon with, without the Russian interventions. They probably would have been able make reforms that would have increased faith in Parliamentarism among their supporters.
 
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