Karelia (/ k ə ˈ r iː l ɪ ə, k ə ˈ r iː l j ə /; Karelian and Finnish: Karjala [ˈkɑrjɑlɑ]; Russian: Каре́лия, romanized: Kareliya [kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə], historically Коре́ла, Korela [kɐˈrʲelʲə]; Swedish: Karelen [kɑˈreːlen]) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the ...

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 ...

Karelia, respublika (republic), far northwestern Russia. It is bordered to the north by Nenets, to the east by the White Sea, to the south by Lake Ladoga, and to the west by Finland. The capital is Petrozavodsk, on the western shore of Lake Onega.

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."

Karelia (Karelian and Finnish: Karjala, Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑrjɑlɑ]; Russian: Каре́лия, tr. Karélija, is an area in the eastern Nordic region. Most of Karelia belongs to Russia today.

2018年6月29日 · Karelia is a region in Northern Europe that is of historical significance to Sweden, Russia, and Finland. The region is currently divided into Leningrad Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia, and North and South Karelia in Finland.

2021年7月6日 · The Republic of Karelia is a federal subject of Russia located on the border of Western and Eastern Europe, part of the Northwestern Federal District. It is a remarkably beautiful land of white nights, boundless forests and blue lakes.

2018年5月14日 · Karelia Republic of the Russian Federation in nw European Russia; the capital is Petrozavodsk. In the Middle Ages, the region was an independent Finnish state. Split in the 12th century between Sweden and Novgorod, it was unified under Swedish rule in …

2024年5月4日 · Karelia (Karelian and Finnish: Karjala) is a region in Northwestern Russia, known as the country of lakes. It has a strong cultural connection with Finland, with the ethnic Karelians closely related to the Finns. Much of the Finnish national epic Kalevala was collected here.

2020年11月11日 · Karelia is a region in Northwestern Russia, which borders Finland to the west, Murmansk Oblast to the north, the White Sea to the northeast, Arkhangelsk Oblast to the east, Vologda Oblast to the southeast, and Leningrad Oblast to the south.