Chair of history of countries of Northern Europe

Ilja Solomeshch

Address: Petrozavodsk State University, Department of history
Lenin St. 33, Petrozavodsk Karelia, Russia
Phone: +7 8142 711082
Fax: +7 8142 771000
E-mail: isol@psu.karelia.ru

Date and place of birth: 29.03.1963, Petrozavodsk, Russia 

Higher education:
1980-85, Petrozavodsk State University, Dept of History. Specialisation - History of Scandinavian countries and Finland. Graduated 1985, Honours Degree

Post-graduate education:
1986-89, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Russian history, St Petersburg branch.

Dissertation:
1990, "Policy of Tzarism in the Finnish Question During World War I (1914-1917)"

Professional activity:

• 1989 - 91 - junior research fellow, Institute of language, literature and history, RAS Karelian Centre.
• Since 1991 - lecturer, senior lecturer, assoc. professor (current position), Petrozavodsk State University, Dept. of History; Head of the Unit for Nordic Studies, Docent.

  Lecturing courses:

  - History of Europe and America (mid. 17th - mid 19th centuries);
  - History of Nordic countries (1800-1939);
  - visiting lecturer with series of lectures on Russian/Soviet-Finnish relations and Russian historiography - Universities of Helsinki (1995, 1998, 2001, 2002), Turku (1997), Oulu (1999), Joensuu (1992, 1998), Jyvaskyla (2001, 2002, 2003), Murmansk Pedagogical Institute (1999)

  Research Activity:

  - 1993 - 1996 - international research project National Statehood in North-West Russia, 1920s-1930s: development of Karelia and Komi in comparison with Finland (Finnish Academy)
  - 1997 - 1999 - international research project The Double Headed Eagle and the Red Star (Finnish Academy).

  Current projects:

  - Image of Finland and Finns in Russian Historiography (19th - 20th centuries)
  - Grand Duchy of Finland as a part of Russian Empire (University textbook within the project Studying and Teaching Empires: comparative approach)
  - History of the Nordic Countries, 1800-1939 (University Textbook in Russian)
  - Border Research, EU & Russia (INTEREG III Karelia)

  Selected publications: (total amount 42):

  1. Russko-finljandskije otnoshenija v gody pervoi mirovoi voiny (sovremennaja istoriografija voprosa). Petrozavodsk, 1988, 25 p.
  2. De ryska specialorganen och den finska fragan 1914-1917 // Historisk Tidskrift for Finland, 1991/2. s. 234-245
  3. Finlandskaja politika tsarizma v gody pervoi mirovoi voiny (1914 - fevral 1917 gg.). Petrozavodsk, 1992, 95 p.
  4. Istorija Kostomukshy. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Petrozavodsk, 1994, 320 p. (with Olga Iljuha et al.)
  5. Karjalan historia argumenttina poliittisissa vaittelyissa. Carelia, 1994/1. p. 59-64
  6. Talvisota Neuvosto-Karjalan puoluejohtajien silmin. In: Kahden Karjalan valilla... Joensuu,1994. p. 181-186
  7. Karjalan kysymys: alueen paikallishistoria "suuren politiikan" taustaa vasten // Kansallisuus ja valtio. Toim. Antti Laine. Joensuu, 1995. p. 175-182
  8. Panfennizm i Sovetskaja Karelija. In: Natsionalnaja gosudarstvennost finno-ugorskikh narodov severo-Zapadnoi Rossii (1917-1940 gody). Syktyvkar, 1996.
  9. Prejemstvennost i razryv v rossiiskoi natsionalnoi politike v XX veke: sudby finno-ugorskikh narodov Evropeiskogo Severa. In: Lichost i vlast v istorii Rossii XIX - XX vekakh. Saint Petersburg, 1997. ( with Antti Laine and Markku Kangaspuro)
  10. Karjalan kysymys pohjoismaisessa vertailussa: ulkoinen uhka keskustan ja periferian suhteiden valossa 1860 - 1940. In: Tie Vienan. Kajaani, 1999. p. 50-54
  11. The Karelian Debate in the Russian Media and Everyday Life. VI World Congress for Central and East European Studies. Tampere, 2000, p.406
  12. Break and Continuity in Russian-Finnish Relations: The Baltic Irredenta before and after the year of 1917 // Russia and the Baltic States: Political Relations, National Identity and Social Thought in XVIII - XX centuries. Samara, 2001, p. 66-76
  13. Old and New Symbols and Myths: Karelia During the First Two Decades of Soviet Rule // Rise and Fall of Soviet Karelia: People and Power. Helsinki: Kikimora Publications, 2002, p. 123-132

  Languages: Russian (native), English, Finnish.