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Karelians (Karelian: karjalaižet, karjalazet, karjalaiset; Finnish: karjalaiset; Swedish: kareler, karelare; Russian: карелы, romanized: karely) are a Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia.
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History. Communities of Finns in Sweden can be traced back...
- Karelians (Finns)
Karelians (Finnish: karjalaiset, IPA: [ˈkɑrjɑˌlɑi̯set]),...
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Karelians (Finnish: karjalaiset, IPA: [ˈkɑrjɑˌlɑi̯set]), also known as Finnish Karelians or Karelian Finns, are a subgroup of the Finnish people, traditionally living in Finnish Karelia. Karelians speak eastern dialects of the Finnish language : the South Karelian dialects are spoken in South Karelia , while the eastern Savonian dialects ...
Karelia ( Karelian and Finnish: Karjala [ˈkɑrjɑlɑ]; Russian: Каре́лия, romanized : Kareliya [kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə], historically Коре́ла, Korela [ kɐˈrʲelʲə ]; Swedish: Karelen [kɑˈreːlen]) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden.
History of Karelia. The Scandinavian and Russian taiga landscape in Karelia. Regions of Karelia, as traditionally divided. 14th century Vyborg Castle, the easternmost outpost of medieval Sweden, in Karelia. The 1774 Dormition of the Theotokos church, in Kondopoga, Karelia. View of Lappeenranta, South Karelia.
Karelia ( Finnish: Karjala) is a historical province of Finland, consisting of the modern-day Finnish regions of South Karelia and North Karelia plus the historical regions of Ladoga Karelia and the Karelian isthmus, which are now in Russia.
The Karelians are known for their old epic and lyric folk poetry, which the Finnish scientist Elias L ö nnrot collected (both in Finnish and in Russian Karelia) and published in the middle of the nineteenth century, the Kalevala, which is called the Finnish national epic or the Finnish-Karelian epic. The Karelians are also known for their ...
On the Russian side of Karelia is the Republic of Karelia. On the Finnish side are the provinces of North Karelia and South Karelia . The original people of Karelia are Karelians. Karelian people speak Karelian, a Finnic language very close to Finnish and Estonian. Karelians knew many old poems.
