because of that throughout history changed its holder, to this day divided between the Republic of Finland and the Russian Republic. Karelia is primarily...

Kymenlaakso). Flags of Karelia Coats of arms of Karelia Various subdivisions may be called Karelia. Finnish Karelia is a historical province of Finland and is...

Republic of Karelia, Karjala or Karelia (Russian: Каре́лия, Ка́рьяла; Karelian: Karjala), is a republic of Russia situated in the northwest of the country...

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...

Karelia (Finnish: Karjala) is a historical province of Finland, consisting of the modern-day Finnish regions of South Karelia and North Karelia plus the...

also called Soviet Karelia or simply known as Karelia, was a republic of the Soviet Union. It existed from 1940 until it was made part of the Russian SFSR...

in Finnish politics over whether to try to regain control over eastern Karelia and other territories ceded to the Soviet Union in the Winter War and the...

southern portion of East Karelia, which is part of Russia. Olonets Karelia is located between the other historical regions of Ladoga Karelia, to its west...

North Karelia, as well as Russia (Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast). For history, geography and culture see: Finnish Karelia The coat of arms of South...

Karelia Tobacco Company Inc. (Karelia) is an international tobacco company headquartered in the city of Kalamata, Greece. It is also the country's largest...

June 2008). "Genocide in soviet Karelia: Stalin's terror and the Finns of soviet Karelia". Scandinavian Journal of History. 21 (4): 331–342. doi:10.1080/03468759608579334...

Karelia has appeared in philately several times; first as a breakaway republic from Soviet Russia in 1922, later when Eastern Karelia was occupied by...

strewn on the ice. North of Lake Ladoga on the Ladoga Karelia front, the defending Finnish units relied on the terrain. Ladoga Karelia, a large forest wilderness...

Finnish: Valamon luostari) is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake...

North Karelia (or Northern Karelia, Finnish: Pohjois-Karjala; Swedish: Norra Karelen) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu...

the last instance of compensation was not until the 1870s. Fief of Viborg Finnish Karelia History of the administrative division of Russia Viipurin läänin...

incorporated into the Governorate of Vyborg. After the treaty, Russia came to control the southern part of Karelia. However, Elizabeth guaranteed religion...

give up on attempting to liberate East Karelia shortly before the beginning of negotiations for the Treaty of Tartu and during the Heimosodat. Edvard...

Tver Karelia (Karelian, Tver dialect: Tverin Kariela; Karelian, standard: Tverin Karjala; Russian: Тверска́я Каре́лия, romanized: Tverskaya Kareliya)...

Karelian: Karjalan kanšallin liikeh), officially KKL-Stop the Occupation of Karelia is an umbrella term for two organizations that split from each other in...

existed from 1920 to 1923, as a merger of the Republic of Uhtua and the Olonets Government of Southern Karelia. On 20 December 1920, the Karelian United...

against Soviet control of East Karelia. During the Civil War in Finland, in February 1918, General Mannerheim, the commander of the anti-communist White...

Finland. Most of the soldiers of the Forest Guerillas were from White Karelia, Repola & Porajärvi and Olonets Karelia. The heraldry of the East Karelian...

took place on territory of so-called Ladoga Karelia (Finnish: Laatokan Karjala) which today is part of the Republic of Karelia. The Finnish plan was to...

The Army of Karelia (Finnish: Karjalan armeija) was a Finnish army during the Continuation War. The Army of Karelia was formed on 29 June 1941 soon after...

is a historical region of Karelia, currently largely in Russia. Today, the term refers to the part of the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation...

in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga near the Finnish border, 246 kilometres (153 mi) west of Petrozavodsk, the...

indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia. Karelians living in Russian Karelia are considered a distinct ethnic...

Sweden in 1721 as a result of the Great Northern War. In the Treaty of Nystad of 1721, Sweden formally ceded control of parts of the Viborg and Nyslott County...

stamp Joint issue List of postage stamps Pochtovo-Telegrafnyi Zhurnal Postage stamps and postal history of Karelia Rossica Society of Russian Philately Russian...