The Search for a Socialist El Dorado: Finnish Immigration to Soviet Karelia from the United States and Canada in the 1930s - Golubev, Alexey; Takala, Irina
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The first comprehensive English-language account of American and Canadian Finns who emigrated to Soviet Karelia, The Search for a Socialist El Dorado draws on a vast body of documentary sources, Russian- and Finnish-language press and literature from the 1930s, oral history interviews, and secondary literature. An in-depth exploration of "Karelian fever," the book examines the lives of immigrants in the Soviet Union, their contribution to Soviet economy and culture, and their fates in the Great Terror.

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Produktbeschreibung
The first comprehensive English-language account of American and Canadian Finns who emigrated to Soviet Karelia, The Search for a Socialist El Dorado draws on a vast body of documentary sources, Russian- and Finnish-language press and literature from the 1930s, oral history interviews, and secondary literature. An in-depth exploration of "Karelian fever," the book examines the lives of immigrants in the Soviet Union, their contribution to Soviet economy and culture, and their fates in the Great Terror.
Autorenporträt
Alexey Golubev is a Lecturer in the Department of History of Northern Europe at Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU)and PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia. Irina Takala is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of History of Northern Europe at Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU).