Abstract:The article identifies and analyzes the main narratives and discursive practices that form the concept of the Republic of Karelia. Based mainly on the method of discourse analysis of textual materials, the authors address historical, official, and everyday discourses. The article introduces a cross-disciplinary approach that allows combining the tools of historiographic, political and sociological analysis. The elements of continuity and novelty in the formation of the basic narrative of Karelian history are a… Show more
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