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  2. Karelians - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Republic of Karelia - Wikipedia

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    In the 1930s Karelian and Veps languages gained a writing system, but during the Stalinist repressions many books in Veps and Karelian were burned and cultural figures were deported. [ 108 ] After the creation of the Karelian Labour Commune many American and Canadian finns moved to Karelia and began creating new literature.

  4. Karelian Research Centre of RAS - Wikipedia

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    The Karelian Research Centre of RAS (KarRC RAS) ... Archaeological finds from the mounds of the Oyat River. Museum of Precambrian Geology, 2015.

  5. Karelianism - Wikipedia

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    Karelianism was a late 19th-century cultural phenomenon in the Grand Duchy of Finland and involved writers, painters, poets and sculptors. Since the publishing of the Finnish national epic Kalevala in 1835, compiled from Finnish and Karelian folk lore, culture spheres in Finland became increasingly curious about Karelian heritage and landscape.

  6. Mika Lavento - Wikipedia

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    Textile ceramics in Finland and on the Karelian Isthmus (2001) Mika Tapio Lavento (born 29 March 1962) [ 1 ] is a Finnish archaeologist. He has worked as the Professor of Archaeology at the University of Helsinki since 2004.

  7. Mount Vottovaara - Wikipedia

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    For example, M.G. Kosmenko and N.V. Lobanova, senior research associates of the Archaeology Sector at the Institute of Language, Literature, and History of the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, believe that they can be divided into naturally formed stone clusters, and modern constructs built as a memory of visiting ...

  8. Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea - Wikipedia

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    Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Russia, Republic of Karelia, listed on 28 July 2021. [1] [2] The World Heritage Site comprises 33 petroglyph sites in two clusters.

  9. Karelian Isthmus - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Karelian Isthmus. Shown are some important towns, the current Finnish-Russian border in the North-West and the pre-Winter War border further South.The Karelian Isthmus (Russian: Карельский перешеек, romanized: Karelsky peresheyek; Finnish: Karjalankannas; Swedish: Karelska näset) is the approximately 45–110-kilometre-wide (30–70 mi) stretch of land situated ...