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Karelia stretches from the White Sea coast to the Gulf of Finland. It contains the two largest lakes in Europe, Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. The Karelian Isthmus is located between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga. The highest point of Karelia, the 576 metres (1,890 ft) high Nuorunen, is located in the Russian side of the Maanselka hill region.
The Republic of Karelia, Karjala or Karelia (Russian: Каре́лия, Ка́рьяла; Karelian: Karjala) is a republic of Russia situated in the northwest of the country. The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and covers an area of 172,400 square kilometres (66,600 square miles), with a population of 533,121 residents.
Karelia, respublika (republic), far northwestern Russia. It is bordered to the north by Nenets, to the east by the White Sea, to the south by Lake Ladoga, and to the west by Finland. The capital is Petrozavodsk, on the western shore of Lake Onega. Karelia, Russia. Underlain by a part of the ancient rocks of the Baltic crystalline shield, the ...
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Karelia. Karelia is a region in Northwestern Russia, known as the country of lakes. It has a strong cultural connection with Finland, with the ethnic Karelians closely related to the Finns. Much of the Finnish national epic Kalevala was collected here. Photo: Semenov.m7, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ukraine is facing shortages in its brave fight to survive.
Jun 29, 2018 · Karelia is a region in Northern Europe that is of historical significance to Sweden, Russia, and Finland. The web page does not provide a map of Karelia, but describes its history, geography, and demographics.
Feb 29, 2020 · Atlas of Karelia. The Wikimedia Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English. The other introductions are in English.
Karelian Maps. In the Karjalan Kartat (Maps of Karelia) online service, there are maps of the Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia drawn up by the National Land Survey and the Topographic Service of the Finnish military before 1939. The service includes topographic maps and parish maps of Karelia in scale 1:20,000 and smaller-scale topographic ...
