But Finland did something remarkable: it didn’t turn them into permanent refugees. The Karelians were resettled and given land, resources, and the opportunity to build new homes and lives.

No UN agency exists solely to preserve the refugee status of Kashmiris, Armenians, Karelians, or Sudeten Germans. Only the descendants of Arab migrants from British Mandate Palestine are told they may ...

Tatars from the Volga, Karelians from the swampy North, Buriat-Mongolians from the shores of Lake Baikal, Moldavians from the southwestern borders of the Ukraine, 18 other “autonomous republics ...

Personality-wise, Karelians are independence incarnate. They’re loyal to their humans but maintain that rugged hunter’s spirit—meaning they think for themselves, solve problems on the fly, and ...