Atlas of Karelia

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Karelia

Карелия Karjala Русский Карелия - Республика Карелия Республика Карелия — регион на северо-западе России, образована 8 июня 1920 как Карельская трудовая коммуна (автономное областное объединение). Население составляет: 703.1 тыс. чел. (2005), плотность населения: 4,1 чел./км² (2005), удельный вес городского населения: 75,6 % (2005). Входит в состав Северо-Западного федерального округа. Karjala Karjala - Karjalan Tazavalla Other languages Suomeksi:Karjalan tasavalta on Venäjän federaation subjekti. Sen pääkaupunki on Petroskoi. Karjalan tasavallan rajanaapurit ovat Leningradin alue, Vologdan alue, Arkangelin alue, Murmanskin alue ja Suomi. Tasavalta sijaitsee Laatokan, Äänisen ja Vienanmeren rannalla. English Karelia - Republic of Karelia The Republic of Karelia is a federal subject of the ► Russian Federation (a republic). It borders ► Finland in the west. Short name Karelia Official  name Republic of Karelia Status Republic of ► Russia Capital Петрозаводск (Petrozavodsk) Petroskoi Population 618,056 inhabitants Area 172,400 km² Major  languages Russian (official), Karelian Major  religions Russian Orthodoxy More information Karelia, Geography of Karelia, History of Karelia and Politics of Karelia More  images Karelia - Karelia (Category).

General maps

Map showing the Republic of Karelia and the two Finnish regions.

Parts of Karelia, as they are traditionally divided.

East and West Karelia

Administrative divisions

Municipalities

Regions and towns

Cities and towns

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Karelia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Karelia.

West Karelia as part of Sweden

West Karelia as part of the Grand Duchy of Finland

Karelia ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940

Finnish control in 1942

Karelia re-ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1956

Notes and references

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