Civil War in Karelian Regions of Russia: Challenges and Opportunities of Research

Аннотация

The paper is concerned with the history and historiography of the Civil War in Karelian regions of the Russian North-West (1918–1922). Karelians were at the epicenter of the influence of several political and armed forces and they were compelled to choose a line of political behavior. The main part of the population of North Karelia (Viena Karjala region) has chosen a strategy of self-isolation and the quasi-nation building strategy, which was not viable.