East Carelia : A Survey of the Country and its Population and a Review of the Carelian Question
13: Academic Carelia-League, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 19th century ethnic nationalist Fennomans saw East Karelia as the ancient home of Finnic culture. In the sparsely populated East Karelian backwoods, mainly in White Karelia, Elias Lönnrot collected the folk tales that ultimately would become Finland's national epic, the Kalevala. The idea.....