TY - BOOK ID - 78716617 TI - The search for a socialist El Dorado : Finnish immigration to Soviet Karelia from the United States and Canada in the 1930s AU - Golubev, Alexey AU - Takala, Irina PY - 2014 SN - 1628950110 1609174054 9781609174057 9781611861150 PB - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Finns KW - Finnish Americans KW - Ethnology KW - Finlanders KW - Finnish people KW - Finno-Ugrians KW - History KW - Soviet Union KW - Canada KW - United States KW - Karelia (Russia) KW - Republic of Karelia (Russia) KW - Karelii︠a︡ (Russia) KW - Respublika Karelii︠a︡ (Russia) KW - Karjala (Russia) KW - Respublika Karelii︠a︡ Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii (Russia) KW - Karjalan Tasavalta (Russia) KW - Carelia (Russia) KW - Carélie (Russia) KW - Karelʹskai︠a︡ A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) KW - Canada (Province) KW - Canadae KW - Ceanada KW - Chanada KW - Chanadey KW - Dominio del Canadá KW - Dominion of Canada KW - Jianada KW - Kʻaenada KW - Kanada (Dominion) KW - Ḳanadah KW - Kanadaja KW - Kanadas KW - Ḳanade KW - Kanado KW - Kanakā KW - Province of Canada KW - Republica de Canadá KW - Yn Chanadey KW - Καναδάς KW - Канада KW - קאנאדע KW - קנדה KW - كندا KW - کانادا KW - カナダ KW - 加拿大 KW - 캐나다 KW - Lower Canada KW - Upper Canada KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Kaineḍā UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78716617 AB - In the 1930's, thousands of Finns emigrated from their communities in the United States and Canada to Soviet Karelia, a region in the Soviet Union where Finnish Communist émigrés were building a society to implement their ideals of socialist Finland. To their new socialist home, these immigrants brought critically needed skills, tools, machines, and money. Educated and skilled, American and Canadian Finns were regarded by Soviet authorities as agents of revolutionary transformations who would not only modernize the economy of Soviet Karelia, but also enlighten its society. North American ER -