In the 1920s and 1930s, many Estonian students, The Finno-Ugric peoples’ movement ( hõimuliikumine) wasīorn on that ground. Intellectuals extended linguistic kinship to cultural and even biological Hence the idea of linguistic kinship is important to them. Latter, language is the central defining feature of their ethnicity, and Of one’s Finno-Ugric roots and linguistic kinship would spread to become aĬornerstone of the ethnic identity of both Finns and Estonians. At the beginning of the 20 th century, an awareness Swept over Finland in the 19 th century and reached Estonia a Of this interest were intertwined with the national movement that initially Into being as branches of the Estonian studies. Interested in other Finno-Ugric peoples ever since these disciplines came Estonian cultural researchers (folklorists, ethnographers) were However, the Estonian language is one of the Finno-Ugric The focus of the Estonian ethnographers has always been Estonians andĮstonia. Part in the trips were also analyzed (Evi Tihemets, Lembit Võime, Hugo The primary sources areĪcademic and popular texts based on the expedition material, field diaries,Īnd contemporary media coverage in Estonia.
Undertaken among the Veps from 1962 to 1970. The article takes a closer look at the Estonian ethnographic research The nearby Baltic Finnic peoples were the immediate focus, with nineĮxpeditions to the Veps, 4 to the Livs, and 2 to the Votians.
More thorough research and the academic results of which remained modest. Komi-Zyrians) could be called brief excursions not immediately followed by These trips (to the Valdai Karelians, Mokshas, Komi-Permyaks, Khanties, and Methodologies and results? What were the relations between EstonianĮthnographers and the peoples they studied? How did these trips affectĮstonian society and the peoples researched?įrom 1960 to 1970, the material from 20 Finno-Ugric expeditions was placed To other studies of Estonian ethnographers? What were the work Of the research trips to the Finno-Ugric peoples, and how did they relate Why would EstonianĮthnography be concerned with peoples outside Estonia? What were the aims There are several questions I wish to address. History and history of European ethnology in order to analyze aspects of Then Estonian ethnographers into a broader context of Estonian cultural This paper aims to place the Finno-Ugric research of the Of Estonia went to the Veps, although the interest in Finno-Ugric peoples Topic in Estonian ethnography, 1 after World This article focuses on the revival of Finno-Ugric studies, an essential Keywords: Estonia ethnography/ethnology Veps fieldwork Finno-Ugric studies Soviet Union Besides, expeditions to the linguistic relatives got a positive response in Estonian society as they were supporting Estonian identity independent from the Soviet regime.
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Relatively free access to the eastern kindred peoples was their advantage in international Finno-Ugric studies-almost the only way to the world outside the Soviet camp for the Estonian ethnographers. Old phenomena were disappearing there, and Estonian scholars studying ethnogenesis had to hurry to save what they could for science. The preferred destination of Estonian researchers was the isolated and archaic southern Veps area. The Golden Age of Finno-Ugric studies started in the 1960s when Estonian ethnography was already subjected to Soviet ethnography. Abstract: Estonian ethnographers (ethnologists) have been interested in Finno-Ugric peoples, linguistically related to the Estonians, since the early 20th century.