Karelia (disambiguation)
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Karelia can refer to:
- the geography of Karelia:
- KareliaKareliaKarelia , the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden...
, the land of Karelians, in its most general sense - Republic of KareliaRepublic of KareliaThe Republic of Karelia is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is located in the northwestern part of Russia, taking intervening position between the basins of White and Baltic seas...
- an autonomous republic in Russia (Eastern Karelia)- Karelo-Finnish SSRKarelo-Finnish SSRThe Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic was a short-lived republic that was a part of the former Soviet Union. The republic existed from 1940 until it was merged back into the Russian SFSR in 1956 ....
- a Soviet Republic (1940–1956) - East KareliaEast KareliaEast Karelia , also rendered as Eastern Karelia or Russian Karelia, is a name for the part of Karelia that since the Treaty of Stolbova in 1617 has remained Christian Orthodox under Russian supremacy. It is separated from the western part of Karelia, called Finnish Karelia or historically Swedish...
- the cultural root of Finnishness, the land of the KalevalaKalevalaThe Kalevala is a 19th century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology.It is regarded as the national epic of Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature...
- Karelo-Finnish SSR
- Finnish KareliaFinnish KareliaKarelia is a historical province of Finland. It refers to the Western Karelia that during the second millennium has been under western dominance, religiously and politically. Western, i.e. Finnish Karelia is separate from Eastern, i.e...
- a historical province of Sweden and Finland (Western Karelia)- Ladoga Karelia (most of which was ceded in 1940)
- North KareliaNorth KareliaNorth Karelia is a region in eastern Finland. It borders to the regions of Kainuu, Northern Savonia, Southern Savonia, South Karelia and to Russia.The city of Joensuu is the centre of the North Karelia region.- Municipalities :...
- an administrative region in present-day Finland
- North Karelia
- Karelian IsthmusKarelian IsthmusThe Karelian Isthmus is the approximately 45–110 km wide stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva . Its northwestern boundary is the relatively narrow area between the Bay of Vyborg and Lake Ladoga...
(most of which was ceded in 1940)- South KareliaSouth KareliaSouth Karelia is a region of Finland. It borders to the regions of Kymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, North Karelia and to Russia. The term "South Karelia" might also be used to refer to the southern parts of the entire Karelia — the Region of South Karelia is termed "South" because it is the...
- an administrative region in present-day Finland
- South Karelia
- Ladoga Karelia (most of which was ceded in 1940)
- Tver Karelia in the Tver Oblast
- something named after the region of Karelia
- Karelia SuiteKarelia SuiteThe Karelia Suite, Op. 11, is a collection of orchestral pieces composed by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.The pieces in this suite are drawn from several independent works he wrote in 1893 for a patriotic historical pageant to be presented by students of the University of Helsinki in Viipuri,...
, a collection of classical music by Jean Sibelius - Karelia Software, LLC, a Macintosh software company in California
- The Karelia (Band)The Karelia (Band)The Karelia were a Scottish band formed by current Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos, known at the time as Alex Huntley, in 1996.-History:...
, a previous band of Alex Kapranos - Karelia (heavy metal band)Karelia (heavy metal band)Karelia is a French heavy metal band created in 2000 by Lionel Vest and Matthieu Kleiber.-Biography:Karelia first released a self-titled demo in 2000....
, a French heavy metal band - Karelia - a name of Russian Delta-IV class submarine