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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.
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.
Karelians are a Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia. Karelians living in Russian Karelia are considered a distinct ethnic group closely related to Finnish Karelians, who are considered a subset of Finns.
Humanities. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Karelians. views 1,276,614 updated. Karelians. ETHNONYM: Karjalaiset. Orientation. Identification. The Karelians belong to the Baltic-Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugrian peoples. The Karelians are not nor have they ever been a unified ethnos.
Oct 17, 2016 · The native inhabitants of the Republic of Karelia, one of Russia’s most beautiful regions located along the border with Finland, are seeking ways to maintain their traditional culture in the...
The current chapter outlines the milestones of the history of Karelians, with the focus on the millennial political developments that have defined the fate of their language, including its documentation and cultivation, which have been heavily influenced by Finnish and Russian nationalism.
Tavastian. Finnic peoples, descendants of a collection of tribal peoples speaking closely related languages of the Finno-Ugric family who migrated to the area of the eastern Baltic, Finland, and Karelia before ad 400—probably between 100 bc and ad 100, though some authorities place the migration many centuries earlier.
