Kainuu (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑi̯nuː]), also historically known as Cajania (Swedish: Kajanaland), is one of the 19 regions of Finland (maakunta / landskap)...
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Kainuu brigade (Finnish Kainuun prikaati) is a Finnish Army unit situated in Kajaani. The brigade is one of the biggest army units, training approximately...
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Kainuu people (Finnish: kainuulaiset) are Eastern Finnish inhabitants of the Kainuu region. Kainuu was settled by Savonians in the 16th century but historically...
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Kainuu Sámi is an extinct Sámi language that was once spoken in Kainuu. It became extinct in the 18th century when the Kainuu Sámi began assimilating...
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Kainuu dialect is a dialect of Finnish spoken in Kainuu, Vaala, Koillismaa, Posio and Ranua. It belongs to the Savonian dialects, or more broadly, the...
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Kainuu Orienteering Week (KOW) is an annual Finnish, international, orienteering event held in the Kainuu region. Kainuu Orienteering Week is organized...
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Österbotten) is a region of Finland. It borders the Finnish regions of Lapland, Kainuu, North Savo, Central Finland and Central Ostrobothnia, as well as the Russian...
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Kehys-Kainuu is a subdivision of Kainuu and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009. 64°07′30″N 29°31′16″E / 64.1251°N 29.5210°E / 64.1251; 29...
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Helsingin Sanomat reports that Besson is actually shooting the film in the Kainuu region instead of Lapland. The reason for the shooting location has been...
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enterprises, and education. Between 2004 and 2012, the regional council of Kainuu was elected via popular elections as part of an experimental regional administration...
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Regions of Oulu (section Kainuu)
Oulainen Sievi Ylivieska Koillismaa sub-region Kuusamo Taivalkoski Kehys-Kainuu sub-region Hyrynsalmi (8) Kuhmo (6) Puolanka (9) Suomussalmi (7) Kajaani...
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Kvenland (section Kvenland and Kainuu)
ancient Finnish tribe. Nowadays Kainuu is a name of an inland province in northeastern Finland. In the past the name Kainuu was often used of the more western...
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Stone Age bear head gavel found in Paltamo, Kainuu...
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The 8 municipalities of the Kainuu Region (Swedish: Kajanaland) in Finland are divided into two sub-regions. Kajaani (Kajana) Paltamo Ristijärvi Sotkamo...
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the district health officer based in Kajaani responsible for the whole Kainuu region in the eastern part of what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland....
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Finland, and Kainuu. Traditionally, the cheese has been called leipäjuusto mainly in Ostrobothnia and Lapland and juustoleipä in Kainuu. Nowadays the...
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The origin of the name Kainuu has been disputed among Finnish historians and linguistics. Kainuu is a region of Finland. The reason for the controversy...
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Finnish Army was responsible for the front from the Gulf of Finland to Kainuu. The front in Northern Finland was the responsibility of the German AOK...
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(Västerbotten, Norrbotten and Lappland), northern Finland (North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lappi), Russia (Murmansk, Siberia, Nenets Okrug, Novaya Zemlya), the...
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Winter War (section Battles in Kainuu)
the Karelian Isthmus, on Kollaa in Ladoga Karelia and on Raate Road in Kainuu, but there were also battles in Salla and Petsamo in Lapland. Following...
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Salpa Line (section Kainuu and Northern Ostrobothnia)
The Salpa Line (Finnish: Salpalinja, literally Latch line; Swedish: Salpalinjen), or its official name, Suomen Salpa (Finland's Latch), is a bunker line...
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(Alces alces) that had died naturally in the municipality of Kuhmo in the Kainuu region. Before this case in Kuhmo, Norway was the only country in the European...
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Finnish national road 22 (redirect from Kainuu Road)
(Finnish: Valtatie 22; Swedish: Riksväg 22; also known as Kainuuntie, "Kainuu Road") is the main route between the major cities of Oulu and Kajaani in...
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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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Oulujärvi (category Landforms of Kainuu)
is a large lake in the Kainuu region of Finland. It is also historically known as Lake Cajania from a former name of Kainuu. With an area of 928 square...
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A chairlift at the ski resort of Vuokatti in Sotkamo, Kainuu, Finland in 2006...
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student in Finland, where he lived near an iron mine located in Otanmäki, Kainuu. Sutherland graduated from Bridgewater High School. He then began studying...
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Arkhangelsk Oblast Vologda Oblast Leningrad Oblast Murmansk Oblast Finland Kainuu Lapland North Karelia Northern Ostrobothnia South Karelia Komi Republic...
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stretches from North Karelia ("Hills of Karelia") to Kainuu and Koillismaa ("Hill Country of Kainuu and Kuusamo"), north of the Finnish Lakeland. Through...
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Finnish cuisine (section Kainuu)
pieces of lard from Western coast, and perunarieska (potato flatbread). In Kainuu, North Finland, the flatbreads are very flat and baked on naked flame. Näkkileipä...
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