Karelian Brotherhood

Karelian Brotherhood (Finnish: Karjalan veljeskunta, Russian: Карельское братство) was an organization founded in 1907 as a Russian Orthodox society. The goal of the organisation was to russify Karelias orthodox population.^[1] It had close ties to Russian nationalists in the State Duma.^[2]

The chief of the organization was Bishop Cyprian (Shnitnikov) [ru] of Serdobol^[3] Karjalan veljeskunta was dissolved when Finland obtained its independence in 1917.

References

^ Ramet, Sabrina Petra (1988). Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twentieth Century. Duke University Press. p. 269. ISBN 9780822308270.
^ Chulos, Chris J.; Remy, Johannes (2002). Imperial and National Identities in Pre-revolutionary, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Russia. Finnish Literature Society. ISBN 9789517462655.
^ Loima, Jyrki (2014). "A Case Study of Education and Nationalism: The Multicultural Fight for "Souls and Minds" in Finland, 1891–1921". The Historian. 76 (4): 750–765. doi:10.1111/hisn.12052. S2CID 142537776.

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[1] Ramet, Sabrina Petra (1988). Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twentieth Century. Duke University Press. p. 269. ISBN 9780822308270.

[2] Chulos, Chris J.; Remy, Johannes (2002). Imperial and National Identities in Pre-revolutionary, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Russia. Finnish Literature Society. ISBN 9789517462655.

[3] Loima, Jyrki (2014). "A Case Study of Education and Nationalism: The Multicultural Fight for "Souls and Minds" in Finland, 1891–1921". The Historian. 76 (4): 750–765. doi:10.1111/hisn.12052. S2CID 142537776.

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