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Brief history of Eastern Karelia and its importance for formation of Finnish patriotism
Himmelová, Tereza ; Fárová, Lenka (advisor) ; Vondrys, Alice (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with Eastern Karelia, which played an important role in formation of Finnish patriotism and led, among other factors, to the awakening of national feeling of Finnish people. First, the area is geographically classified and then concepts related to Karelia are explained. This is followed by a brief introduction to the topic of patriotism and nationalism and the development of Finnish national consciousness. The main part of this work consists of two chapters - the first is dedicated to the history of Eastern Karelia, the second deals with the relationship of Finns to Eastern Karelia in the first half of the 19th century. Keywords: Eastern Karelia, patriotism, Finland, Kalevala, Lönnrot, Finnish, folk poetry
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Policy of Nationality in Soviet Karelia, 1920-1935
Šebesta, Adam ; Švec, Luboš (advisor) ; Litera, Bohuslav (referee)
The thesis "Nationality policy in Soviet Karelia, 1920-1935 " deals with the bolshevik experiment of governing a multinational empire on the example of eastern Karelia in the inter-war period. The paper examines the specific aspects of Karelia's development in contrast with the central nationality policies. Unique region with Finnish communist emigrants as leaders serves as an essence of understanding the nationality policies of the USSR. In search of a large-scale support of all the Russia's peoples the bolsheviks opted for a pragmatic policy of national concessions. The creation of autonomous Karelia was only possible because of a number of factors. Thanks to the policy of building national cadres, the Soviets were temporarily inclined towards regional administration. The success of Tartu peace negotiations was determined by solving the Karelian question and autonomous Karelia seemed to have been just the answer to Finnish demands. The region was supposed to become a showcase of socialism and friendship of the peoples. The Finnish bolsheviks were up to this challenge. Apart from the actual nationality policy in Karelia, the thesis also deals with the factors determining the level of independence such as economic policies and the dependence on center, language and education questions and challenges to...
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Finnish-Russian Relations after Finland´s Joining the EU
Cvejnová, Barbora ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
The master thesis describes the Finnish-Russian relations after 1995, that means the year when Finland joined the EU. The current mutual relations are considered to be excellent even in spite of Finland's negative experience from the past. The aim of the thesis is to analyze Finnish-Russian relations and to outline their individual fields. The question is whether the excellent relations will be continued or if there are any factors that could impair the development of the relations. The question might also be to which extent the experience from the past could determine some of the issues, such as Finland's joining the NATO or the Karelian question.
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