Aino Kallas

Aino Kallas (nee Krohn in 1878) was the daughter of Julius Krohn, an outstanding Finnish national figure, scientist and writer.

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She married Estonian scholar, doctor of folklore and later a diplomat, Oskar Kallas (born in 1868).

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This international couple in particular stood out in the Estonian small community. The prominent writer Aino Kallas and her husband Oskar Kallas during one of the most variegated periods in Estonia?s colourful history, the first half of the 20th century: overcoming the pressure of the expansion of Tsarist Russia, the emergence and development of a civic state, the whirlwind of revolutions in 1905 and 1917, the victorious War of Independence and the consequent Republic of Estonia.

Related Topics:
Tsar - Russia - 1905 - 1917

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The romanticism of youth was reinforced by National Romanticism.

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