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	Karelia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Karelia is the land of the Karelian people, that inhabitated vast areas in Northern Europe, of historical significance for Finland, Russia and Sweden.
		Karelia streches from the White Sea coast to the Gulf of Finland.
		Tver Karelia denotes the villages in the Tver Oblast that are inhabited by Karelians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karelia (807 words)

	Finnish Karelia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The most of Finnish Karelia was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union in 1940, after the Winter War, and today parted between the Russian autonomous Republic of Karelia and the Russian Leningrad Oblast.
		Western Karelia, as an historical Province of Sweden, was religiously and politically distinct from the eastern parts that were under the Russian Orthodox Church.
		The traditional culture of "Ladoga-Karelia", or Finnish Karelia according to the pre-Winter War borders, was by and large similar to that of Eastern Karelia, or Russian Karelia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finnish_Karelia (747 words)

	ipedia.com: Finnish Karelia Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The most of Finnish Karelia was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union in 1940, after the Winter War, and today belongs to the autonomous Republic of Karelia, in Russia.
		Western Karelia, as an historical Province of Sweden, was religiously and politically distict from the eastern parts that were under the Russian Orthodox Church.
		[1] The dialect that is spoken in North Karelia is considered to be one of the Savonian dialects.
	www.ipedia.com /finnish_karelia.html (784 words)

	AllRefer.com - Karelia (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Karelia, properly speaking the region N and E of Lake Onega, was conquered in the 12th–13th cent.
		In 1920 an autonomous oblast, known as the Karelian Workers' Commune, was set up in E Karelia; in 1923 it was made into the Karelian Autonomous SSR, which, after the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939–40, incorporated most of the territory ceded by Finland to the USSR.
		Karelia reverted to the status of an autonomous republic in 1956.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Karelia.html (550 words)

	Many Karelias — Virtual Finland
		The loss of Karelia to the Soviet Union marked the end of over a thousand years of Finnish settlement in the area, as the inhabitants of the ceded areas — approximately 407,000 souls — were evacuated further west during the fighting in the Winter War.
		The predominantly agricultural and forestry-based economy of North Karelia went through dramatic restructuring in the 1960s and 1970s in particular, and the region suffered a considerable drain of population to the urban centres in the south of the country and across the Gulf of Bothnia in Sweden.
		Karelian settlement in pre-revolutionary Russian Karelia was divided between the provinces of Archangel in the north and Olonets in the south.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/karjala.html (3290 words)

	The Mick Sinclair Archive: Karelia
		Karelia is barely known in the West, probably because it no longer exists as a country but is a region split almost equally between Finland and the Soviet Union.
		The most recent change, after World War II (Russian presence in Karelia was a prime cause of non-Nazi Finland entering the war on the German side), saw the entire eastern section of Karelia being ceded to the Soviet Union and its population fleeing almost en masse behind the new Finnish border.
		Crossing directly into Soviet Karelia from Finland is likely to become possible this year, largely through the efforts of Kuhmon Kulttuurikornitsa (roughly, a Karelian culture centre) which is based in Kuhmo, in Finland, and intent on promoting the notion of Karelia as a region regardless of the national and ideological boundaries imposed upon it.
	micksinclair.com /timeout/kare.html (1111 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Karelia @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The republic is crossed by the Murmansk RR and by the Baltic-White Sea Canal, which is both commercially and strategically important.
		Karelia, properly speaking the region N and E of Lake Onega, was conquered in the 12th-13th cent.
		In 1920 an autonomous oblast, known as the Karelian Workers' Commune, was set up in E Karelia; in 1923 it was made into the Karelian Autonomous SSR, which, after the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40, incorporated most of the territory ceded by Finland to the USSR.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Karelia&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (492 words)

	Genocide in Soviet Karelia: Stalin's Terror and the Finns of Soviet Karelia
		Even though the Finns were a very small group, they were the target of a most intense terror in Soviet Karelia and their losses in terms of human life were perhaps among the heaviest in the whole of the country when seen in relation to the population figures of a given area.
		As a whole, the population in Soviet Karelia changed dramatically in the period under research: in 1920 there were 200,000 persons living in the area, and in 1939 a total of 469,000.
		For example, in Soviet Karelia, the use of the Finnish language as the second official language was prohibited in 1938, and an unsuccessful effort was made to develop a Karelian literary language with a very strong Russian influence.
	www.genealogia.fi /emi/art/article255e.htm (5445 words)

	GiF.Ru - Искусство ...
		Between the 9th and 12th centuries, the territory of Karelia was part of Kievan Rus, then, for nearly all the middle ages, a part of Novgorod principality, but in 1478 was transferred to the rulership of Moscow.
		Unfortunately the history of Karelia, as is the case with many other histories, was written by male historians, and about men.
		In 1994, the Union of Women of the Republic of Karelia, and the women's club "Elita" were registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Karelia.
	www.gif.ru /eng/texts/rus-women/view_print (3535 words)

	Karelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Karelia was bitterly fought over by Sweden and Novgorod in the 13th century.
		Thus the irredentist hopes for Finland's re-acquisition of the lost Finnish Karelia live on in for instance the Karjala takaisin -movement.
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	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/K/Karelia.htm (824 words)

	History of Karelia and Helulia village
		In 1310 the Tver prince Boris Konstantinovich, who was invited by Novgorod to defend Karelia, erects a castle in the Korela town.
		In the beginning of the reign of Ivan IV the Terrible the prosperity of Karelia land went on for a while, but later, due to tax increases poverty and desolation came.
		According to the conditions of the peace treaty of 1617 the population of Karelia had the right to freely practice Orthodox faith and had to belong to the Novgorod Archdiocese.
	helyla.onego.ru /history_eng.html (6326 words)

	We/Myi Issuw 18 From Korelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Karelia also boasts various building materials such as marble and granite, used in palaces and in the subway stations in Moscow and St. Petersburg, among other places.]A LITTLE HISTORY.
		Historically, the attitude to women in Karelia was patriarchal, but more respectful than in central Russia, judging from the runes of the Karelo-Finnish epic poem "Kalevala." It was never easy to survive in the harsh northern conditions.
		Female political exiles were sometimes even sent to Karelia, since our region was considered "Siberia just-beyond-the-Capital." At the end of the 1920s and beginning of the 1930s, "women delegates meetings" began their activity, organizing women according to their place of residence (later, according to place of work).
	www.we-myi.org /issues/18/fromkore.html (1655 words)

	Karelian Database / HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The people were evacuated from the Ceded Karelia and settled in different parts of the country.
		The parishes of Karelia were suppressed in 1949 and at the beginning of the following year the evacuees were registered in the parishes of their new place of residence.
		The return of the Orthodox was of short duration, for immigration towards Russia increased after the county of Käkisalmi was passed under the rule of Sweden in 1617 because of the church and tax policy pursued by the new ruler.
	personal.inet.fi /palvelu/karjala-tk/saso36.htm (2307 words)

	Marja-Leena Rathje: Karelia's Rock Art & History
		Karelia (or Karjala in Finnish) is a territory which straddles the present-day border between Finland and Russia, and is home to...
		Karelia (or Karjala in Finnish) is a territory which straddles the present-day border between Finland and Russia, and is home to the Karelian people, related to Finns.
		I only knew of Karelia from Sibelius' Suite of that name and was provoked by your post to look up his motivation in writing it.
	www.marja-leena-rathje.info /archives/000188.php (444 words)

	Finland: Soviet Annexation Of Karelia Still A Taboo Subject
		In 1940, following its defeat in the so-called Winter War with the Soviet Union, Finland was forced to cede its eastern province of Karelia to Moscow, and the region's Finnish population was summarily deported.
		The claim that Karelia is sparsely populated is not true, however.
		He said the man was detained by police, and the organizers of the rally were told not to publicize his demand or the fact that he had been detained.
	www.freeserbia.net /Articles/2003/Karelia.html (1173 words)

	Russia - The Republic of Karelia - RussiaTrek.com
		The Republic of Karelia is a remarkably beautiful land of white nights, boundless forests, and blue lakes.
		Karelia is justly called a "national park"я in Russia.
		Present day Karelia is rich in forest, stone, ecologically clean water, floraя and fauna, as well as in people aspiringto live in harmony with the beauty ofя surrounding nature.
	www.russiatrek.com /rp_karelia.shtml (333 words)

	Karelia Alpine Lodge-History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Although the building's renovations were completed the lodge is being continually upgraded and new facilities added on a year to year basis.
		Today Karelia Alpine Lodge is a Falls Creek favourite.The lodge is recognised as one of Falls Creek's finest alpine accommodation chalets.
		Your host, Czech born Jerry Brazda has the knowledge and "know how" in snow accommodation (after all, he was born in it) and will make sure that your stay in Karelia Alpine Lodge is a memorable one.
	home.netc.net.au /~karelia/history.htm (200 words)

	Marja-Leena Rathje: History
		Well, I decided to search some of the history behind this North American tradition, which is a much bigger occasion in the USA near the end of November.
		Andrew Heninen is a Karelian (Finnish-Russian) programmer with a keen interest in the history of lost Finnish territories.
		These are the opening words to the fascinating history of the Vikings and the First Nations in Labrador and Newfoundland: Full Circle: First Contact.
	www.marja-leena-rathje.info /archives/cat_history.php (3750 words)

	Chair of history of countries of Northern Europe - Petrozavodsk State University
		The scientific school on studying history of countries of Northern Europe and, first of all, history of Finland and the Russian - Finnish relations, and also history of Karelia in the context of interrelations of Russia and Finland exists in Petrozavodsk State University many years.
		Today PetrSU is the only higher educational institution in Russia where historical faculty has the specialization on studying history of the countries of Northern Europe, approved by Educational Methodical association of universities of Russia on the direction "History" (N28-09/1 from 12.01.98).
		In April of 1999 by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation the specialization was given codification number 020713 (History of Finland and Scandinavian countries, specially for PetrSU).
	www.petrsu.ru /Chairs/hist_ne_e.html (680 words)

	URALIC: FINNO-UGRIC PEOPLE: Volga Finns: history
		The choice to settle in any area, including the present day Karelia and Finland was made for various reasons relating to survival in the north.
		Stereotypical thought and decades of brainwashing regarding cultural history and identity were still alive and well.
		Notwithstanding the fact that such a large percent of Russian speakers live in Mari El, this should not be too great a problem if the children in the countryside continue to get a Mari education, and the numbers of Mari schools increase in the cities.
	peacecountry0.tripod.com /fgpeople.htm (4406 words)

	Sortavala -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1721 it was ceded to (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) Russia and given the Russian name Serdobol.
		Like most of Karelia, Sortavala was re-conquered and occupied by Finland during 1941–44 (the period of the (additional info and facts about Continuation War) Continuation War).
		After the war, Finns were evacuated and the city was resettled by Russians.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/sortavala.htm (116 words)

	REGIONS & EDUCATION: Drawing borders with swords and scimitars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the case of Karelia - and also of Finland as a whole - they have changed dramatically many times in the course of the turbulent centuries.
		In 1809 Czar Alexander I declared Finland an autonomous grand duchy, and transferred Karelia to it in 1812.
		Karelia along with Petsamo had to be ceded to the Soviet Union.
	www.publiscan.fi /sc18e-9.htm (473 words)

	Kizhi
		Many an amazing relic of bygone generations will be found in the North Russian domain of Karelia, an austere realm of rugged, lovely scenery with innumerable rivers and streams criss-crossing its lake-studded, dense forests.
		Kizhi's history is linked with that of Novgorod the Great, whose people brought into the lands beyond Lake Onega not only the Christianity and methods of farming, but also Novgorodian architectural styles and handicrafts.
		Karelia's wooden architecture represents an entire epoch in the cultural history of Russia.
	www.russia-in-us.com /Kizhi (578 words)

	Briefly about Rusi family homepage
		According to history pages of Belorussia, "Ruotsi" was a common name of Suomi Finns.
		The history of Karelia has been characterised by rivalry of governance by east and west through ages.
		Winter War between Russia and Finland during World War II forced the family to immigrate from their roots at Karelia to other parts of Finland together with 400 000 other immigrants.
	www.rusi.info /briefly.htm (704 words)

	History of Russian matrioshka nesting dolls with flower painting, traditional stacking dolls, Semionovo matryoshka and ...
		The first Russian nesting doll (matryoshka) was born in 1890 in the workshop "Children's Education" situated in Abramtsevo estate new Moscow.
		Of course, many changes occurred during long history of crafts in Semionovo but even now about 200 items are produced in factories and privately in this region, 33 countries import goods from this small town.
		Sometimes this theme is developed and a painter adds to the main rose its buds on the branches.
	russian-crafts.com /nest/history.html (2793 words)

	Myths and Legends - frames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Gilgamesh, introducing it with a history of the discovery of the different versions of the text.
		The High History of the Holy Graal is one of a number of continuations of Cretien's The Story of the Grail, (Percival).
		History and Mythology of the Aztecs published by the University of Arizona.
	home.comcast.net /~chris.s/myth.html (11969 words)

	Karelia guild's homepage
		A brief history of the origins of the guild's name will follow as well as a short summary of the actual Karelia's history.
		The name Karelia comes from the area of land located on the eastern border of Finland, that now belongs to Russia (and thus formerly to the Soviet Union).
		Some other maps depicting Karelia, one medieveal map from the year 1539, two from the year 1695 and one current.
	www.saunalahti.fi /~voas0560/karelia/history.html (662 words)

	Diary_Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		We have experienced Russian Karelia, and we are now in the area where many Karelians relocated after the Soviet Union took control of the Finnish Karelian Territory.
		Heikki Kirkinen, former rector of the University of Joensuu, lectured on the history of eastern and western European cultures.
		In terms of Karelia, this meeting was reflected in the baptism of Vlad, a Russian prince, and the establishment of the Russian state.
	www.col-ed.org /echo1999/august7.html (1728 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is located on the border of Western and Eastern Europe, on the border of cultures and religions.
		While being one of the North-Western territories of Russia with its Orthodox Christianity, Karelia has always been influenced by Western, in particular Scandinavian countries which affected the culture and the mentality of its inhabitants.
		But while in old days the land of Karelia often became a subject of international claims and a matter of concern even in Rome, present Karelia as a subject of the Russian Federation with the longest border with EEC is destined to become the economic and cultural bridge between the East and the West.
	home.onego.ru /~alkonost/history.html (341 words)

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