Finnish Project: Karelian Workers’ Commune
Abstract The establishment of Soviet Karelia in 1920 resulted from a captivating mix of factors: the Russian Civil War, the normalization of Finnish-Russian state relations, the institutionalization of the Soviet Union's state structure, and the emancipation of the minority nations of the forme...
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crunivillinoispr:10.5406/28315081.15.1.2.05 2023-05-15T17:00:16+02:00 Finnish Project: Karelian Workers’ Commune Kangaspuro, Markku 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/28315081.15.1.2.05 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jfs/article-pdf/15/1-2/40/1609038/40kangaspuro.pdf en eng University of Illinois Press Journal of Finnish Studies volume 15, issue 1-2, page 40-51 ISSN 1206-6516 2831-5081 journal-article 2011 crunivillinoispr https://doi.org/10.5406/28315081.15.1.2.05 2022-11-20T15:03:17Z Abstract The establishment of Soviet Karelia in 1920 resulted from a captivating mix of factors: the Russian Civil War, the normalization of Finnish-Russian state relations, the institutionalization of the Soviet Union's state structure, and the emancipation of the minority nations of the former Russian empire. After the independence of Finland, Soviet Russia met Finnish demands to expand its borders to eastern Karelia. The establishment of Karelian national autonomy was a compromise that both parties could accept in order to clear a path to the Tartu peace negotiations of 1920. Karelia's Finnish leadership needed American Finns to meet the demand for a qualified workforce in its timber industry and to ensure that the Finnish-Karelian proportion of the republic's population would not drop below 40 to 50 percent. It was the misfortune of American Finns that they arrived in Karelia at a moment when the Soviet Union turned toward Stalinism, resulting in purges and the removal of Finns from the leadership of Karelia. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* karelia* karelian UI Press - University of Illinois Press (via Crossref) Journal of Finnish Studies 15 1-2 40 51 |
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Abstract The establishment of Soviet Karelia in 1920 resulted from a captivating mix of factors: the Russian Civil War, the normalization of Finnish-Russian state relations, the institutionalization of the Soviet Union's state structure, and the emancipation of the minority nations of the former Russian empire. After the independence of Finland, Soviet Russia met Finnish demands to expand its borders to eastern Karelia. The establishment of Karelian national autonomy was a compromise that both parties could accept in order to clear a path to the Tartu peace negotiations of 1920. Karelia's Finnish leadership needed American Finns to meet the demand for a qualified workforce in its timber industry and to ensure that the Finnish-Karelian proportion of the republic's population would not drop below 40 to 50 percent. It was the misfortune of American Finns that they arrived in Karelia at a moment when the Soviet Union turned toward Stalinism, resulting in purges and the removal of Finns from the leadership of Karelia. |
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