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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 ...
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 ...
Within the Republic of Karelia it is mainly spoken in Kalevala, Kostomuksha and Loukhi. Within Finland, it is spoken in Suomussalmi . [ 7 ] White Sea Karelian is the most mutually intelligible dialect of Karelian Proper to Finnish Language speakers.
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.
The Karelian National Movement (Russian: Карельское национальное движение, romanized: Karelskoye natsional'noye dvizheniye; Finnish: Karjalan kansallinen liike; Karelian: Karjalan kanšallin liikeh), officially KKL-Stop the Occupation of Karelia [2] is an umbrella term for two organizations that split from each ...
National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy (NCPHP) [2] (Hungarian: Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ; NNGYK) [3] [4] is a Hungarian centralised budgetary body based in Budapest having been established in 2018 as the legal successor of the State Public Health and Medical Officer Service (ÁNTSZ).
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