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In 1926, according to the census, Karelians only accounted for 37.4% of the population in the Soviet Karelian Republic (which at that time did not yet include territories that would later be taken from Finland and added, most of which had mostly Karelian inhabitants), or 100,781 Karelians.
The Karelians, however, differ from both the Russians and the Finns in language and from the Finns also in religion. Location. Prior to World War II, the Finnish Karelians lived chiefly in Border Karelia, in eight districts along the northeastern shore of Lake Ladoga.
A second wave of immigration, [2] this time from rural areas in southern and central Italy, [3] arrived between 1880 and 1914. As of 2014, most Italian Americans in Chicago were descended from this immigration wave, [2] which consisted mainly of young men, mostly illiterate and low-income. [3]
Oct 17, 2016 · Karelians in the 21st century. Today there are approximately 73,000 Karelians. According to the 2010 Russian census, there are about 60,000 Karelians in Russia. Approximately 10,000 Karelians live ...
KARELIAN RELIGION . The term Karelia (Finnish, Karjala ) has had different meanings throughout history. Historically, it was the borderland between Finland and Russia where most Karelians (Finnish, karjalaiset ) lived. At present, it typically refers to specific areas in contemporary Russia and Finland. Recent Russian-Finnish research ...
Oct 21, 2016 · Karelians viewed the tree as an intermediary between the earth and the sky, the world of people and the world of spirits. Birches and fir-trees were the most respected, so much so that a woman ...
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FINNS AND KARELIANS. Finns, Karelians (in Karelian Republic and eastern Finland), Izhorians (Ingrians) and Ingrian Finns (around St. Petersburg), Vepsians (southeast of St. Petersburg), near-extinct Votians (southwest of St. Petersburg), and Estonians speak mutually semi-intelligible Finnic languages.
