Karjala – muistin ja utopian paikka

Abstrakti

Karelia has always been a place of utopias and
memories in Finland. The images that we have of
this area tend to originate in national projects
and Karelianism. The Isthmus belonged to Finland
until 1939. After World War II a total of 430 000
evacuees, 407 000 of whom were Karelians, were
resettled in different parts of Finland. The article
concentrates on the memories and utopias of the
Karelian evacuees. Karelia is not just an abstraction
but a place of memories and utopias for Karelian
evacuees. Their utopias are different than those of
supporters of Karelianism because of their misery
and dreams about going back there.