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Karelians (Karelian: karjalaižet, karjalazet, karjalaiset; Finnish: karjalaiset; Swedish: kareler, karelare; Russian: карелы, romanized: karely) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia.
Karelians have faced multiple hardships in history while developing a strong sense of identity. As a result the evacuations in the 1940s, they also live in a diaspora across Finland. Due these factors, some, such as journalist Ilkka Malmberg and author Heikki Hietamies , have referred to Karelians as the "Jews of Finland".
Union of White Sea Karelians. In 1906, the Union of White Sea Karelians (Finnish: Wienan karjalaisten liitto) was created. The Union's main goal was to improve the life of the common Karelians and additionally develop their own national identity. [10] The union was temporarily dissolved in 1911 after series of repressions done by the local ...
Russians first mentioned Karelians in 1143, they called Karelians "Korela". [ 23 ] Sweden 's interest in Karelia began a centuries-long struggle with Novgorod (later Russia ) that resulted in numerous border changes following the many wars fought between the two, the most famous of which is the Pillage of Sigtuna of 1187 .
YouTube TV is an American Internet Protocol television service operated by YouTube, a subsidiary of Google.Announced on February 28, 2017, [2] the virtual multichannel video programming distributor offers a selection of live linear channel feeds and on-demand content from more than 100 television networks (including affiliates of the Big Three broadcast networks (such as ABC, NBC and CBS), Fox ...
The coat of arms of Karelia, first used in 1562 Map of North Karelia (green) and South Karelia (yellow) regions, border of the historical province of Karelia in red. Karelia (Finnish: Karjala) is a historical province of Finland, consisting of the modern-day Finnish regions of South Karelia and North Karelia plus the historical regions of Ladoga Karelia and the Karelian isthmus, which are now ...
This list of Karelians lists both people from Republic of Karelia, Finnish Karelians and other people of Karelian ancestry. People from Republic of Karelia [ edit ]
By contrast, the Karelians of Tver Oblast, who had gained a measure of political autonomy independent of Finnish influence, were able by 1931 to develop a literary Karelian based on the Latin alphabet. These Tver Karelians became hostile to what they saw as Finnish dominance of Karelia, as did some of the small, local Karelian intelligentsia ...