Karjalan Sanomat
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Karjalan Sanomat is a Finnish language
newspaper from the Republic of Karelia
, published in Petrozavodsk
.
Previous names:
From 1938 to 1940 the newspaper was printed in Karelian
using the Cyrillic alphabet
, rather than Finnish.
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
newspaper from the Republic of Karelia
Republic of Karelia
The 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...
, published in Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some . The city is served by Petrozavodsk Airport. Municipally, it is incorporated as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug . Population:...
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Previous names:
- 1920-1923: Karjalan kommuuni (Carelian Commune)
- 1923-1937: Punainen Karjala (Red Carelia)
- 1938-1940: Советской Карелия (Soviet Carelia)
- 1940-1955: Totuus (Truth)
- 1955-1957: Leninilainen totuus (Lenin's Truth)
- 1957-1991: Neuvosto-Karjala (Soviet Carelia)
- 1991-: Karjalan sanomat (Carelian News)
From 1938 to 1940 the newspaper was printed in Karelian
Karelian language
Karelian language is a Finnic language spoken mainly in the Russian Republic of Karelia. Linguistically Karelian is closely related to the Finnish dialects spoken in eastern Finland and some Finnish linguists even classified Karelian as a dialect of Finnish...
using the Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
, rather than Finnish.