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 of annexing East Karelia to form a "Greater Finland" was widely supported in newly independent Finland. This survey from the 1930s was created to further that idea. It goes through the geography of the area, the population and its racial composition, the history and the russification of Karelia, the society and economy, livelihoods like hunting, fisheries, agriculture, forestry, mining, railways, and the Carelian question, among other things. Includes a large separate map of East Carelia!
216 pp. Text in English. Spine torn at the top. Good. Item #344

Price: $150.00