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Karl (Kai) Reinhold Donner (1 April 1888 in Helsinki – 12 February 1935) was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Ugric and Samodeic peoples in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924. He was, among other things, a pioneer of modern anthropological fieldwork methods, though his work is little known in the English-speaking world. He was the father of the Finnish politician and film producer Jörn Donner and geologist Joakim Donner. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.

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  • Karl Reinhold (Kai) Donner (1. duben 1888, Helsinky, Finsko – 12. únor 1935, Helsinky) byl významný finský jazykovědec, etnograf a politik. Zároveň představoval klíčovou postavu pravicového politického hnutí a proslavil se zejména svými dvěma cestami do oblasti Sibiře. (cs)
  • Karl Reinhold „Kai“ Donner (* 1. April 1888 in Helsinki; † 12. Februar 1935 ebenda) war ein finnischer Sprachwissenschaftler, Ethnologe und Politiker. Er war einer der Begründer der Finno-Ugristik und Samojedistik. (de)
  • Karl (Kai) Reinhold Donner (1 April 1888 in Helsinki – 12 February 1935) was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Ugric and Samodeic peoples in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924. He was, among other things, a pioneer of modern anthropological fieldwork methods, though his work is little known in the English-speaking world. Donner was the son of professor (later senator) Otto Donner, himself a noted philologist. Kai Donner studied Finno-Ugrian philology at the University of Helsinki from 1906. In 1909, he studied at Cambridge under James Frazer, A.C. Haddon, and W.H.R. Rivers at the same time as his better-known contemporary, Bronisław Malinowski. Studying the Finno-Ugrian-speaking peoples of Siberia had become an important part of the "national sciences" — Finno-Ugrian philology and ethnology, folklore studies, and archaeology — that arose in answer to the interest in national "roots" that followed the "National Awakening" of the mid-19th century. Kai Donner had decided early on that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of pioneer philologist and explorer M.A. Castrén (1813–1852) and study the peoples who lived beyond the Urals. On his first trip (1911–1913) he traveled along the upper reaches of the Ob and most of the Yenisey. His second trip took him to the Ob, Irtysh, and upper Yenisei. Living with the Nenets and Khanty people, Donner studied not only the language but also the way of life and beliefs of his hosts. His travelogue, "Bland Samojeder i Sibirien åren 1911-1913, 1914" ("Among the Samoyeds in Siberia in the years 1911-1913, 1914"), was first printed in 1915. During World War I, Donner was active in the Finnish independence movement which was secretly sending young men to Germany to receive military training in preparation for an armed struggle for independence from Imperial Russia. Betrayed to the Okhrana in 1916, he fled to Sweden and lived there and in Germany as a refugee until 1918. During the Finnish Civil War, Kai Donner served as commander of the Terijoki crossing helping among others former minister of war, Sukhomlinov, and grand-duke Cyril Romanoff and his family to escape from revolutionary Russia. He was also active as second in command to the newly established Finnish Military Intelligence. He was a close friend of general Mannerheim and wrote the first authoritative biography of Mannerheim. In the 1920s and early 1930s he was one of the more influential leaders of the rightist Lapua Movement. Finland-Swedish by mother tongue, he expressed reservations about the persecution of Swedish speakers, which was commonly supported by conservative Finns in those decades. He was the father of the Finnish politician and film producer Jörn Donner and geologist Joakim Donner. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. (en)
  • Кай (Карл) Рейнхольд До́ннер (швед. Kai (Karl) Reinhold Donner; 1 апреля 1888, Гельсингфорс, Великое княжество Финляндское — 12 февраля 1935, Хельсинки, Финляндия) — финский лингвист, этнограф и политик. (ru)
  • Karl Reinhold (Kai) Donner, född 1 april 1888 i Helsingfors, död 12 februari 1935 i Helsingfors, var en finländsk filolog, etnograf och politiker. Kai Donner var son till Otto Donner samt far till Kai Otto, Joakim och Jörn Donner. (sv)
  • Кай Доннер (швед. Kai (Karl) Reinhold Donner 1 квітня 1888, Гельсінгфорс, Велике князівство Фінляндське — 12 лютого 1935, Гельсінкі, Фінляндія) — фінський лінгвіст, етнограф і політик. (uk)
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  • Karl Reinhold (Kai) Donner (1. duben 1888, Helsinky, Finsko – 12. únor 1935, Helsinky) byl významný finský jazykovědec, etnograf a politik. Zároveň představoval klíčovou postavu pravicového politického hnutí a proslavil se zejména svými dvěma cestami do oblasti Sibiře. (cs)
  • Karl Reinhold „Kai“ Donner (* 1. April 1888 in Helsinki; † 12. Februar 1935 ebenda) war ein finnischer Sprachwissenschaftler, Ethnologe und Politiker. Er war einer der Begründer der Finno-Ugristik und Samojedistik. (de)
  • Кай (Карл) Рейнхольд До́ннер (швед. Kai (Karl) Reinhold Donner; 1 апреля 1888, Гельсингфорс, Великое княжество Финляндское — 12 февраля 1935, Хельсинки, Финляндия) — финский лингвист, этнограф и политик. (ru)
  • Karl Reinhold (Kai) Donner, född 1 april 1888 i Helsingfors, död 12 februari 1935 i Helsingfors, var en finländsk filolog, etnograf och politiker. Kai Donner var son till Otto Donner samt far till Kai Otto, Joakim och Jörn Donner. (sv)
  • Кай Доннер (швед. Kai (Karl) Reinhold Donner 1 квітня 1888, Гельсінгфорс, Велике князівство Фінляндське — 12 лютого 1935, Гельсінкі, Фінляндія) — фінський лінгвіст, етнограф і політик. (uk)
  • Karl (Kai) Reinhold Donner (1 April 1888 in Helsinki – 12 February 1935) was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Ugric and Samodeic peoples in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924. He was, among other things, a pioneer of modern anthropological fieldwork methods, though his work is little known in the English-speaking world. He was the father of the Finnish politician and film producer Jörn Donner and geologist Joakim Donner. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. (en)
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  • Kai Donner (sv)
  • Кай Доннер (uk)
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