Karelian Exodus - Finnish Communities in North America And Soviet Karelia during the DepressionEra

The bodies of hundreds of Canadian and American citizens of Finnish descent lie in unmarked graves in the Republic of Karelia, formerly a part of the Soviet Union. They were people who, in the early 1930s, dreamed of a brighter future than that offered by the Depression ravaged economies of North America. As many as 7,000 North American Finns participated in one of the largest waves of organized out migration in the history of the New World. They were enthused with what was called "Karelian...