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The Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, [a] Karelian ASSR [b] for short, sometimes referred to as Soviet Karelia, East Karelia or simply Karelia, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union, with its capital in Petrozavodsk. It existed from 25 July 1923 to 31 March 1940 and again from 6 July 1956 to 13 ...
Karelia stretches from the White Sea coast to the Gulf of Finland. It contains the two largest lakes in Europe, Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. The Karelian Isthmus is located between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga. The highest point of Karelia, the 576 metres (1,890 ft) high Nuorunen, is located on the Russian side of the Maanselka hill ...
The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic was established by the Soviet government on 31 March 1940 by merging the KASSR with the Finnish Democratic Republic.The latter was created in territory ceded by Finland in the Winter War by the Moscow Peace Treaty, namely the Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia, including the cities of Viipuri and Sortavala.
Nancy Olson received an Oscar nomination for her role as Betty Schaefer in 1950's Sunset Boulevard. Despite the acclaim, Olson said in a new interview that the movie’s story of Hollywood ...
Српски / srpski; Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски ... Pages in category "Republic of Karelia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 ...
LONDON (Reuters) -The start of Prince Harry's court battle against Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group was delayed at London's High Court on Tuesday for the two sides' lawyers to hold last ...
The Republic of Karelia, [a] Karjala or Karelia [13] (Russian: Каре́лия, Ка́рьяла; Karelian: Karjala) [14] is a republic of Russia situated in the northwest of the country. [14] The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District , and covers an area of 172,400 square kilometres (66,600 square miles), with a population ...
Christina Haack introduces her contractor and design partner during the Jan. 29 series premiere of The Flip Off. The HGTV star was originally supposed to compete alongside her third husband Josh ...