North Karelia (or Northern Karelia, Finnish: Pohjois-Karjala; Swedish: Norra Karelen) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu...
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The Province of North Karelia (Finnish: Pohjois-Karjalan lääni, Swedish: Norra Karelens län) was a province of Finland from 1960 to 1997. It was established...
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Karelia (Finnish: Karjala) is a historical province of Finland, consisting of the modern-day Finnish regions of South Karelia and North Karelia plus the...
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of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast) and Finland (the regions of South Karelia, North Karelia, and the eastern portion of Kymenlaakso). Flags of Karelia Coats...
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in turn is now part of Joensuu and North Karelia province.[citation needed] The historic region of Central Karelia (Finnish: Keski-Karjala) was divided...
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province of Karelia and they have been used continuously since then. Variations of the arms are still used in two regions of Finland: North Karelia and...
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Savo and North Karelia, as well as Russia (Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast). For history, geography and culture see: Finnish Karelia The coat...
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Ladoga Karelia North Karelia, an administrative region in present-day Finland Central Karelia, subdivision of North Karelia Pielinen Karelia, subdivision...
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Swedish province, with the Fief of Viborg existing from 1320 to 1534. Novgorod received the northern portion of the Karelian Isthmus, North Karelia, Ladoga...
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historical province in the east of Finland. It borders Tavastia, Ostrobothnia and Karelia. Savonia is now divided into two provinces: North Savonia and...
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The Republic of Karelia, Karjala or Karelia (Russian: Каре́лия, Ка́рьяла; Karelian: Karjala) is a republic of Russia situated in the northwest of the...
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North Karelia Brigade (Finnish: Pohjois-Karjalan prikaati, PKarPr) is a former Finnish Army unit that was situated in Kontioranta, Kontiolahti. The brigade...
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1997, the Mikkeli Province, the Kuopio Province and Northern Karelia Province were joined to form the new Eastern Finland Province. All the provinces...
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countries. Republic of Karelia Russia Arkhangelsk Oblast Vologda Oblast Leningrad Oblast Murmansk Oblast Finland Kainuu Lapland North Karelia Northern Ostrobothnia...
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regions of Lapland, Kainuu, North Savo, Central Finland and Central Ostrobothnia, as well as the Russian Republic of Karelia. The easternmost corner of...
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Regions of Eastern Finland (category Eastern Finland Province)
Enonkoski Rantasalmi Savonlinna (Nyslott) Sulkava Municipalities of North Karelia Municipalities of Northern Savonia Municipalities of Southern Savonia...
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historical province comprising a large western and northern part of modern Finland (which was then the eastern half of Sweden). It is bounded by Karelia, Savonia...
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South Savo (category Eastern Finland Province)
in the south-east of Finland. It borders the regions of North Savo, North Karelia, South Karelia, Kymenlaakso, Päijät-Häme, and Central Finland. The total...
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Karelians (Finns) (category Karelia)
more closely resembling that of western Finland, rather than North Karelia or South Karelia. This is evidenced by the fact that the dialect spoken in much...
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Central Karelia is a subdivision of North Karelia and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:...
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Savonia-Karelia electoral district. It covered the administrative region of North Karelia, with a population of 169,722 (as of 2002[update]). North Karelia elected...
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borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the region and Lake Kallavesi...
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Fars Province, Iran Jamali, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran Jamali, North Karelia, a village in North Karelia Province, Finland...
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(Swedish: Åbo) in Finland Proper and Viipuri (Swedish: Viborg) castle in Karelia. After the peace Treaty of Nöteborg in 1323 the castle lost some of its...
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Joensuu (category Municipalities of North Karelia)
'river's mouth') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Karelia. It is located in the eastern interior of the country and in the Finnish...
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Sortavala (category Cities and towns in the Republic of Karelia)
known as Serdobol (Сердоболь) until 1918, is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga near the Finnish border...
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Fennoscandia (redirect from Kola province)
which includes the Scandinavian and Kola peninsulas, mainland Finland, and Karelia. Administratively, this roughly encompasses the mainlands of Finland, Norway...
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Karelian Isthmus (redirect from Isthmus of Karelia)
Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast to the north of the Neva and also a tiny part of the Republic of Karelia, the area of the isthmus is about 15,000 km2...
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Pielinen Karelia is a subdivision of North Karelia and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:...
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Winter War (category History of Karelia)
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...
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