The 1621 Russian-Swedish Border in Karelia and Its Meaning in the Life of the Karelian People

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Альманах североевропейских и балтийских исследований / Nordic and Baltic Studies Review. 2017 Abstract:The article is focused on the role of the Russian-Swedish state border that not only divided the Karelian ethnos but at the same time, paradoxically, contributed to reuniting the Karelians within the politico-legal and cultural-religious space of Russia -the one they were used to. Ключевые слова /