“A small textbook for the White Sea Karelians”

After the appearance of the ” Union of White Sea Karelians ” in 1906, renamed the ” Karelian Educational Society “, a Karelian primer called ” Little Textbook for White Sea Karelians ” ( Pieni Alku-opastaja Vienan Karjalaisille ) was published in 1907.

Its creators were the famous Karelian public figure Paavo Ahava, the director of the Sortavala Teachers’ Seminary Oskar Forsström-Hainari and the teacher Lauri Pääkkönen.

The primer was used in schools and libraries of Ukhta (Uhtuo), Voknavolok (Vuokkiniemi) and other villages of White Sea Karelia.

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