ACQUISITION OF NATIONAL STATEHOOD BY THE COUNTRIES FINNO-UGRIC COMMUNITY: GEOPOLITICS FACTORS
The article evaluates the influence of geopolitical factors on the processes of formation of such states as Hungary, Estonia and Finland, the author combined integrative concept of "state of the Finno-Ugric community." Considering the political and historical context of the acquisition of state-hood by these countries, the author concludes: geopolitical aspirations of the great powers were strong sources of international conflicts, but awareness of the scope and destructiveness led to a search for ways to institutionalize them.