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Karelian pasties made in Vaivio, Liperi Karelian pasties, Karelian pies or Karelian pirogs (Karelian: kalittoja, singular kalitta; Olonets Karelian: šipainiekku; Finnish: karjalanpiirakat, singular karjalanpiirakka [ˈkɑrjɑlɑnˌpiːrɑkːɑ]; [1] or Swedish: karelska piroger) are traditional Finnish pasties or pirogs originating from the region of Karelia.
The Karelian hot pot (British) [1] or Karelian stew (US) [2] (Karelian: päččiliha [3]; Finnish: karjalanpaisti; Russian: рагу по-карельски ragu po-karelski; Swedish: karelsk stek) is a traditional meat stew originating from the region of Karelia. It is commonly prepared using a combination of pork and beef, but elk or lamb can ...
The East Karelian Uprising (Finnish: itäkarjalaisten kansannousu, Karelian: päivännouzu karjalan kanzannouzu) and the Soviet–Finnish conflict 1921–1922 were an attempt by a group of East Karelian separatists supported by Finland to gain independence from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
In 1939, the Soviet Union unsuccessfully attempted an invasion of Finland, [49] subsequent to which the parties entered into an interim peace treaty granting the Soviet Union a portion of the eastern region of Karelia (10% of Finnish territory), [49] and the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic was established by merging the ceded ...
The Finnish Army organized a special unit called Sau for anti-partisan activities. A partisan brigade was destroyed in Northern Karelia by the Finnish Army in mid-1942. [7] Finnish preparations in the north of the country for partisan activity have later been criticized as lacking.
The Karelian Labor Commune [a] was an autonomous region established in 1920 following the successes of the Red Army's incursion into the Republic of Uhtua, to undermine and discredit the separatist movements and to make Finland give up on attempting to liberate East Karelia shortly before the beginning of negotiations for the Treaty of Tartu [1] and during the Heimosodat. [2]
No. Picture Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office Political party First Secretary 1 Gennady Kupriyanov (1905–1979) 2 April 1940 25 January 1950
Map showing areas ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union; Porkkala was returned to Finland in 1956. The Karelian question or Karelian issue (Finnish: Karjala-kysymys, Swedish: Karelska frågan, Russian: Карельский вопрос) is a dispute in Finnish politics over whether to try to regain control over eastern Karelia and other territories ceded to the Soviet Union in the Winter War ...