Привет всем, это мой первый пост на Reddit. Мне 22 года, я индийский студент, учусь в Петрозаводске. Недавно у меня произошёл неловкий момент в спортзале. Я пришёл на тренировку, которую делаю ежедневно, и вдруг ко мне подошёл русский парень, и мы разговорились. Сначала он спросил, как город, на что я ответил, что он красивый и спокойный. Затем он спросил, почему в моей стране (Индии) полно мусора, все пахнут карри, и почему все индийцы — дерьмо. Я не знал, как ответить, но просто улыбнулся и сказал, что многие видео, которые он видел в интернете, — фейковые или показывают только 1% реальной Индии, а также добавил, что многие боты используют эти аккаунты, чтобы распространять ненависть к индийцам. Он просто кивнул и ушёл. Но после этого разговора я почувствовал себя немного неловко.

Hey guys,

So I am from Russia originally, the Finland side of things. I lived in a small village called Shungha, I think that’s how you spell it in English. It was a very poor, broken down village next to a lake. Is anyone near that area or from that area?

Hi guys, i am Russian with Karelian roots. Sadly i am not in Karelia and i do not know how to learn this language. Can you give me something that would help (any resource like dictionary and the like)

This is a question that is asking if some of the Karelians in Russia and speak Russian still identify as Karelians or Russians

I recently started learning Karelian and would love to find people who would either like to learn Karelian, or already speak Karelian, to have someone to practice with. I have books with Karelian lessons to share, as well as dictionaries. The dictionaries are Karelian - russian and Russian- Karelian, which could be a problem for those who don't speak russian, but... if there is interest, a Karelian - English dictionary can be created.

I thought most Karelians were evacuated to FInland or got russified. Guess I was wrong, huh

Does anyone know of any information about a Count Iv Tolstoi, who owned Tolkonmäki farm in Terävälä, South Karelia in the early 1900s? (I assume some relation to Leo Tolstoy but strugging to find info?)

Basically, some of my ancestors lived near Viipuri in the early 1900s, and one worked for a certain "Count Iv Tolstoi" and his wife, a Countess, who had what seemed to be a summer villa with a garden that my ancestor tended to. The farm was owned by Terävälä court, called Tolkonmäki in the village of Terävälä. He was described as an academic who was “at St Petersburg Art Academy“.

In my relative’s memoirs he explained that it was common in those days for wealthy Russian noblemen to buy farms in Finland, where they built cottages for themselves and rented out the extra land. My relatives had lived in some kind of apartment made from an old storage room in the Count's yard, before the war.

I'm fascinated by the story and have struggled to find more information outside of the memoirs left by my ancestors regarding these people and places. Would anyone happen to be able to shed more light on this story or people?

Does anyone here know anything about a myth "told by traditional people across the Arctic" that "describes a totemic marriage between a woman and a beluga whale" named Keiko? There is said to be a Yakut Siberian version and a version from Hudson Bay.

I found it on these sites:

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126140240/http://www.interspecies.com/pages/beluga%20spiral.html
2. https://www.earthintransition.org/2012/09/believing-in-belugas/
3. http://www.hills.ca/Native-Symbols-21.html#Beluga%20Whale

I'm trying to figure out:

Is this an actual myth?

Where in the Arctic is this told and by whom?

Where does the name "Keiko" come from and what does it mean?

Anything else that is known about it.

(Also posted to ​Mythology, Sakha_Yakut, ​Indigenous, Inuit)

Who were the good guys and the bad guys in the Continuation War also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War that took place from 25 June 1941 to 19 September 1944 during World War II ?

https://youtu.be/jOtYV9ZcjdA?t=0h4m37s

Hey everyone, I couldn't think of any other place to ask this, but could someone tell me if the lyrics sung in this song "Nygöi tuloo yö" are Keralian or not. And if you could transcribe them, that would be even better. I know the audio isn't the best since it is a live gig recording and big parts of the song are just non-lyrical vocalization. I'm a little doubtful that all of the lyrics are Karelian since the artist is from South Savo. So if someone could help even a little that would be a big help.

I am trying to find any information about the former Finnish village of Yläoutila in the Säkkijärvi region, it is now part of Russia. I have found some unofficial coat of arms artwork from Säkkijärvi, but haven't been able to find anything about Yläoutila.

I'd love to learn everyone's stories. I'm "Finnish", but I'm ethnically and culturally from Karelian Isthmus, Kivennapa region (on my father's side) and from Northern Karelia on my mother's side. I don't speak the language and neither do my parents, but I try my best to keep the culture alive. My grandfather sometimes tells stories of fleeing from the family's ancient home farm, sitting on the back of a carriage and eating apples. We also have a family book, and it's full of pretty wild stories of all kinds of family drama. Just recently I researched my heritage and found out that the Karelians of Kivennapa still hold a traditional festival every year, even though it now has to be done in Finland. Based on the pictures of the Kivennapa Karelians' society's website, it seems like it's full of old people, but I'm still thinking about attending next year. However, I'm hesistant, since I don't speak the language and I've never even been to my family's home farm since it's now in Russia. (Or what remains of it - it must be torn down by now.)

So, what is your family's story? How connected are you to your heritage? Do you feel like it defines you at all?