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23 sie 2023 · The Karelian language has been classified as "critically endangered", with an estimated total of 11,000 speakers on either side of Finland's eastern border with Russia.
The Karelian question or Karelian issue (Finnish: Karjala-kysymys, Swedish: Karelska frågan, Russian: Карельский вопрос) is a dispute in Finnish politics over whether to try to regain control over eastern Karelia and other territories ceded to the Soviet Union in the Winter War and the Continuation War.
2 sty 2021 · News. Revival of the multivocal Karelian language begins at UEF. A special duty to revive the Karelian language was assigned to the University of Eastern Finland in the beginning of 2021, and funding for the work… “This takes courage and creativity!” – Students are coining new words for the Karelian language.
5 gru 2021 · The University of Eastern Finland has been entrusted with leading the revitalisation of the Karelian language. Due to the diversity and dispersion of the language community, the task is challenging. On a positive note, the Karelian language is experiencing a new kind of boom among young people.
The East Karelian Uprising (Finnish: itäkarjalaisten kansannousu, Karelian: päivännouzu karjalan kanzannouzu) and the Soviet–Finnish conflict 1921–1922 were an attempt by a group of East Karelian separatists supported by Finland to gain independence from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. They were aided by a number of ...
14 gru 2023 · NATO membership means that Finland is integrating into the world’s largest, most powerful defensive alliance. It is transforming Finnish Karelia from an interstice to an edge in the encounter between authoritarian and liberal-democratic geopolitics. It is likely to be a sharp one.
In Finland, the term Karelian generally refers to the Finnish Karelians, who are a subset of Finns. There were Karelian-speaking Karelians living in the easternmost parts of Finnish Karelia, known as "Border Karelia" (Raja-Karjala).
