Lyudmila Markianova

Lyudmila Fyodorovna Markianova (born 14 July 1941, Suarikoski, Olonets Karelia, Soviet Union) is a Karelian linguist and a professor emerita. She has been called "karjalan kielen muamo", i.e. 'mother of the Karelian language'.

Biography and career

Early years and education Markianova's parents were both Olonets Karelians. Her father disappeared at the beginning of the Second World War (later was found out that he was convicted of questioning officers' actions and sent to a prison camp), and when the Finnish Armed Forces conquered much of Russian Karelia, her mother Anna was obliged to work for the Finns in an army laundry. There she met a Finnish soldier, with whom she got married, and she became Mrs. Anni Lappalainen.

When the Soviet Union launched an offensive in 1944, the Finns retreated, and Anni Lappalainen was on the last train out of Russian Karelia. Lyudmila Markianova was left behind and was raised by her maternal grandparents. Lyudmila was mentioned in her mother's ID documents in Finland, but in reality she remained in the Soviet Union. Mrs. Lappalainen's native Soviet Union considered her a traitor, and getting the child back and into Finland was out of the question. Lyudmila met her mother again only in the 1970s.

Markianova was raised by her maternal grandparents in the Suarikoski village in Olonets Karelia on the banks of the Olonka River. Due to the circumstances of the war, she had no identity documents until the age of 14. Only then, when she had travelled to Petrozavodsk in order to participate in the entry exam to a pedagogical institute, the head of the institute helped her to get her ID papers. In Petrozavodsk, Markianova studied to become a teacher, and upon graduating, she worked for two years as a teacher in Sändämy, after which she was accepted into the Karelian Institute of Pegadogy. There she studied Russian philology, completing her studies in 1965. After this, she worked as the vice rector of the Kuittinen high school. The daughter has filed an appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland.

An appeal for Markianova When the news was published that Markianova might be expelled, a group of Finnish scientists organized an appeal for her. In a short period of time, over 5,000 persons signed the petition. The author Raimo Jussila wrote in the letters-to-the-editor section of Helsingin Sanomat that "before her expulsion, the state of Finland should award a decoration to Lyudmila Markianova, for her merits in promoting Finnish literature among our kindred people." He referred to the Karelian translations of Juhani Aho's works by Markianova.

Works Sources: Personal publications Suffiksal'noe glagol'noe slovoobrazovanie v karel'skom âzyke: obzory i recenzii. Tallinn: AN Èstonskoj SSR, 1981. Glagol’noe slovoobrazovanie v karel’skom âzyke. [‘Word formation of verbs in Karelian’] Petrozavodsk, 1985. Livvin murdehen foneetiekku. ['Phonetics of the Livvi Dialect.'] Teaching aid. Petrozavodsk, 1992. Kirjuniekku. Opastundukniigu 2. kluasan liugiläzii lapsii näh. ['Second Class Reader in Karelian.'] Karjala, Petrozavodsk, 1992. (Valentina ja Sergei Tšinjonov, kuvitus.) Livvin murdehen morfolougii. Nominat da abusanat. ['Morphology of the Livvi Dialect. Nominals and Auxiliaries.'] 100 s. Petrozavodsk State University. Petrozavodsk, 1993. Livvin murdehen morfolougii. Verbit, adverbit. ['Morphology of the Livvi Dialect. Verbs and Adverbs.'] ] Teaching aid.. Petrozavodsk State University, 1995. Lingvistiekkuterminät. ['Linguistic Terminology.'] Tazavallan sanastokomissii, Petrozavodsk, 2000. Školasanasto. ['School Vocabulary.'] Tazavallan sanastokomissii, Petrozavodsk, 2000. Karjalan kielioppi 5–9. ['Karelian Grammar 5–9.'] Periodika, Petrozavodsk, 2002. Yhteiskunnallis-poliittini sanasto: varsinais-karjalan murreh: A-O = Obŝestvenno-političeskaâ leksika: sobstvenno-karel'skoe narečie: A-O. [‘Vocabulary for Social and Political Affairs, A–P.’] Gosudarstvennyĭ komitet Respubliki Kareliâ po delam nacional'noĭ politiki. Respublikanskaâ termino-orfografičeskaâ komissiâ; Karjalan Tasavallan rahvallisen politiikan aseijen valtiokomitietta. Tasavallan sanastokomiisi. Periodika, Petrozavodsk, 2003. Ühteiskunnallis-poliittine sanasto: P-Â (Obŝestvenno-političeskaâ leksika: P-Â). [‘Vocabulary for Social and Political Affairs, P–Ia.’] Gosudarstvennyĭ komitet Respubliki Kareliâ po delam nacional'noĭ politiki. Respublikanskaâ termino-orfografičeskaâ komissiâ; Karjalan Tasavallan rahvallisen politiikan aseijen valtiokomitietta. Tasavallan sanastokomiisi. Periodika, Petrozavodsk, 2004. Fauna- da florasanasto: Leksika po faune i flore. [‘Lexicon on Fauna and Flora.’] Periodika, Petrozavodsk, 2005.

Joint publications Markianova, L. – Dubrovina, Zinaida: Aberi. Karjalan kielel liugiläzii lapsii näh. [‘Karelian Primer.’] Karjala. Petrozavodsk, 1990. Markianova, L. – Il'jina, O. – Kuz'mina N.: Tekstukogomus paginurokkoih näh livvin murdehel. ['Texts for Karelian Lessons.'] Petrozavodsk State University. Petrozavodsk, 1994. Ludmila Markianova, Tatjana Boiko: Karel’sko-russkij slovar’, livvikovskoe narečie. Okolo 8000 slov. [‘Karelian-Russian Dictionary. Ca. 8,000 words.’] Noin 8000 sanaa.) Petrozavodsk, 1996. Markianova, L. – Il'jina, O. – Bogdanova, L.: Karjalan kielen harjoituskogomus. Nominat livvin murdehel. ['Exercises in Karelian Language. Nominals in the Livvi Dialect.'] Petrozavodsk State University Publishing. Petrozavodsk, 1999. Markianova, L. – Il'jina, O. – Bogdanova, L.: Karjalan kielen harjoituskogomus. Verbit, infinitiivat, partisiipat, adverbit livvin murdehel. ['Exercises in Karelian Language. Verbs, infinitives, participles and adverbs in the Livvi Dialect.'] Petrozavodsk State University Publishing. Petrozavodsk, 2000. Markianova, L. – Mensonen, Aaro: Opastummo karjalakse. Lugemistu aiguzille. [‘Learning Karelian. Readings for Adults.’] Karjalan kielen seuran julkaisuja 2. Verso, Petrozavodsk, 2006. Markianova, L. – Mensonen, Aaro: Opastummo karjalakse. Harjoituskogomus. [‘Learning Karelian. Exercises.’] Ilias, Joensuu, 2007. Markianova, L. – Pyöli, Raija: Sanakirja suomi–karjala. ['A Finnish-Karelian Dictionary.'] Salmi-säätiö, Kuopio, 2008. Boiko T. P., Markianova L. F.: Bol'šoĭ russko-karel'skiĭ slovar', livvikovskoe narečie. Suuri ven'a-karjalaine sanakniigu: livvin murreh. [‘Russian-Karelian General Dictionary: Livvi Dialect.’] Rossiĭskaia Akademiia nauk, Karel'skiĭ nauchnyĭ centr, Institut âzyka, literatury i istorii. Petrozavodsk, 2011.

As a translator Klementjev, J. I.: Karjalazet. Histouriellis-etnografilline kuva. ['Karelians. An Ethnographic and Historical Description.'] Bibliotheca Fenno-Ugrica. Periodika, Petrozavodsk, 2008. Wuorikoski, Jukka-Pekka: Kirjuta kaunehesti karjalakse. Luojan kirjuttamizen alguopastai. [‘Write Beautiful Karelian. A Guide for Creative Writing.’] Helsinki: Karjalan kielen seura, 2008. Wuorikoski, Jukka-Pekka (toim.): Nalle Karhu — Meččyrunoloi lapsile. [‘The Bear. Forest Poems for Children.’] Helsinki: Karjalan kielen seura, 2009. Juhani Aho: Juha. Helsinki: Karjalan Kielen Seura, 2010. Juhani Aho: Lastuloi. Helsinki: Karjalan kielen seura, 2013. Juhani Aho: Raudutie. Helsinki: Karjalan kielen seura, 2013.