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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 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 ...
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 ...
Yuzhny Oleny ("Southern Reindeer"), also Yuzhniy Oleniy, is an archaeological site located on Yuzhny Oleny island (Russian: Южный Олений остров, romanized: Yuzhniy Oleniy ostrov), in Lake Onega, Karelia. Remains of Eastern Hunter-Gatherers dated to circa 8,100 BP (6,100 BCE) have been excavated at Yuzhny Oleny. [2]
Karelia was the only Soviet republic that was "demoted" from an SSR to an ASSR within the Russian SFR. Unlike autonomous republics, soviets republics had the constitutional right to secede . The possible fear of secession, as well as the Russian ethnic majority in Karelia may have resulted in its "demotion."
Map of the traditional Karelian regions. White Karelia (Russian: Беломо́рская Каре́лия, romanized: Belomorskaja Karelija, lit. 'White Sea Karelia'; North Karelian and Finnish: Vienan Karjala or simply Viena; [1] Swedish: Vitahavskarelen) is a historical region in Northern Europe, comprising the northernmost part of Karelia, and of the Republic of Karelia in Russia.
East Karelia and West Karelia with borders of 1939 and 1940/1947. They are also known as Russian Karelia and Finnish Karelia respectively. East Karelia (Finnish: Itä-Karjala, Karelian: Idä-Karjala), also rendered as Eastern Karelia or Russian Karelia, is a name for the part of Karelia that since the Treaty of Stolbovo in 1617 has remained Eastern Orthodox and a part of Russia. [1]
This category is for articles about the historical region of Karelia, the native land of Karelians, which today is divided between the Russian Federation (the Republic of Karelia and part of the Leningrad Oblast) and Finland (North Karelia and South Karelia).