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12 stringed Karelian kantele in the National Museum of the Republic of Karelia. Traditional music of Karelia is a form of music performed among Karelian people. It has been less influenced by Germanic elements than traditional Finnish music, which is why many Finnish musicians and other creators have used it as source of inspiration.
Mariya Vladimirovna Melentyeva (Russian: Мари́я Влади́мировна Меле́нтьева; 24 January 1924 – 2 July 1943) was a Soviet partisan from Karelia who was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 25 September 1943 for her resistance activities.
Karjalan kunnailla (Karelian: Karjalan kumbuzil), lit. ' On the Hills of Karelia ', is a Finnish folk song.Lyrics were created by Valter Juva [fi; it; fr] in 1902. Karelian Iivo Härkönen [fi; olo; ca; ru] also published an early Karelianist adaptation of Juva's original Finnish lyrics in the Livvi-Karelian language of East Karelia.
Later, during World War II, it resurged in popularity among anti-fascist partisan fighters, most prominently among Yugoslav and Soviet partisans. [citation needed] The song entered the official canon of Soviet songs when the director of the Red Army choir Aleksandr Aleksandrov, together with the poet Sergei Alymov , introduced the song into the ...
The music of the anthem was composed by Alexander Beloborodov (composer) and in most parts follows the melody of the Finnish traditional song "Karjalan kunnailla". The Russian lyrics were written by Armas Mishin [ ru ] and Ivan Kostin [ ru ] , whilst the Finnish lyrics were written by Mishin alone, and the Karelian lyrics by Alexander Volkov.
The area of North Karelia was later repopulated by Savonians. Between 1721–1812, South Karelia and the Karelian Isthmus were part of Russia. This resulted in different dialects being spoken in North and South Karelia, Savonian dialects in the north, and South Karelian dialects in the south. [5] Lutheran Karelian girl in her summer clothes.
Partisan Song or Partisan's Song may refer to: Partizaner lid (disambiguation), Yiddish World War II songs; Chant des Partisans, French World War II song; Marsz Gwardii Ludowej, Polish World War II song; Po dolinam i po vzgoriam, Russian Civil War song
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 ...