ACADEMIC JOURNAL
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ISSN 2542-1077 (Print) ISSN 1994-5973 (Online) |
Russia, Finland, Karelia: pages of a common history |
Takala I. R. | Petrozavodsk State University, Karelian research centre, Russian academy of sciences |
Keywords: Russia Finland Russian-Swedish wars historiography historical politics politics of memory |
Summary: The Finnish and Karelian contexts of the Russo-Swedish wars are very poorly studied in Russian
historiography. Analyzing the current situation, the author draws attention to the need to study and compare the national
historiographies of Russia and Finland in order to consider historical events and processes in a comparative-historical
and cross-cultural perspective. According to the author, the joint appeal of historians of both countries to the regional and local dimension of the triad “history-memory-trauma” can help overcome the destructive consequences of historical traumatic experiences, help to correct national grand narratives and reduce the threats of securitization of history. |
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