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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)

	South Karelia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Region of South Karelia is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland.
		It borders to the regions of Kymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, North Karelia and to Russia.
		The term "South Karelia" might also be used to refer to the southern parts of the entire Karelia — the Region of South Karelia is termed "South" because it is the southernmost part of Karelia on Finnish territory.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/South_Karelia (180 words)

	Finnish Karelia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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 distict 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.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Finnish_Karelia (785 words)

	Many Karelias — Virtual Finland
		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.
		North Karelian attempts to strengthen the sense of a Karelian identity have drawn on the Orthodox faith and the traditions of Border Karelia just across the border to the east, while South Karelia has seen itself as heir to the economic and cultural heritage of Viipuri and its hinterland.
		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)

	North Karelia & Joensuu
		North Karelia is the easternmost province of Finland.
		North Karelia is divided into municipalities, each offering various cultural and exotic seasonal travel activities from river rafting to wilderness survival experiences throughout the year.
		At the heart of North Karelia lies Joensuu, the administrative centre of the province.
	www.ncp.fi /International/WelcomingGuide/English/HTML/KareliaAndJns.htm (506 words)

	Российский национальный суб-комитет программы BSR Interreg IIIB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the west Karelia borders on Finland; in the north, on Arkhangelsk Oblast; in the south, on Vologda and Leningrad Oblasts.
		The Government of the Republic of Karelia consists of the Head of the Government of the Republic of Karelia, the first deputy head and the deputy heads of the Government, leaders of the republic bodies of the executive power.
		The role Karelia plays in Russian economy is determined by the branches using local natural resources (timber, wood-processing, pulp and paper industries, ferrous metallurgy, construction materials industry), and also by the well-established branches of machine-building, non-ferrous metallurgy, and other industries working on imported raw materials.
	www.leontief.ru /rnsc/eng/nwregions/nwr1.htm (1465 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Premature Death in the New Independent States (1997)
		North Karelia has served as a demonstration area for all of Finland to determine how and to what extent available medical knowledge can be used for effective chronic disease prevention in a real-life situation.
		North Karelia has been the province with the lowest socioeconomic level in Finland, and in the 1970s in particular, it was characterized by many social problems, such as unemployment.
		Results are given for all Finland and Estonia from health behavior surveys (sample population aged 15-64) and for the province of North Karelia and Pitkäranta district in the Republic of Karelia from risk factor surveys (sample population aged 25-64).
	www.nap.edu /books/0309057345/html/335.html (6483 words)

	The Republic of Karelia - Regional Profile from the Russian American Chamber of Commerce®
		Karelia, as a culturally original region of Northern Europe, appeared as a result of the interaction of the Baltic-Finnish and the Eastern Slavic cultures in the North.
		Karelia is often called "stone-lake-forest" land, emphasizing the main parts of the landscape, the unique combination created by the fantastically-shaped lakes separated by stony grounds covered with green taiga.
		From north to south the Republic is crossed by the Northern part of the October railroad.
	www.russianamericanchamber.org /regions/Karelia.html (2494 words)

	New Scientist Interview: The heart healer - Interview
		He was director of the North Karelia Project in eastern Finland from 1972 to 1997.
		North Karelia is a remote, cold, rural area on the Russian border.
		North Karelia was a very traditional area, hostile to innovation.
	www.newscientist.com /channel/opinion/mg18524861.700 (1805 words)

	Teamware \| News & Events \| Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The main idea is to produce consumer oriented public services for the citizens of the North Karelia region.
		The North Karelia web solution is based on the Teamware Pl@za® environment for local government.
		North Karelia Educational Federation of Municipalities and the municipalities of Nurmes and Ilomantsi have long been users of the Teamware Office™ e-mail system, and they can now utilize it also in the new portal environment.
	www.teamware.net /Resource.phx/press/northkarelia.htx (675 words)

	VIP - Finland country report
		North Karelia is one of the regressing areas in Finland.
		North Karelia is an area where the amount of dependants is particularly high.
		In particular the old people who stay in the countryside of North Karelia are in worse living situation, because the public services have been weakened and the amount of professionals in social and health care has been lessened.
	kansalaistalo.jns.fi /vip/finland_report.htm (3429 words)

	EFFC - East Finland Film Commission
		The North Karelia region is 17,782 km² with a population of 169,722.
		The North Karelia region is the most Eastern region in Finland (and in the European Union as well).
		The centre of North Karelia is the city of Joensuu.
	www.effc.fi /eng_itasuomi.htm (216 words)

	Pohjois-Karjalan Vaellusreittiopas
		Since the 1950s North Karelia has seen the establishment of over a thousand kilometres of hiking trails, which are unrivalled in their variety.
		North Karelia lies between east and west, where Greek Orthodox and Lutheran religions meet, as do tradition and modernity.
		North Karelia is the hiker’s dream come true.
	www.vaellus.info /eng_etusivu.php (234 words)

	Summer in Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		North Karelia is a region shaped by great lakes and its own distinctive culture.
		In the "Karelia - Both Sides of the Border" exhibition Karelia is portrayed as a borderland between Finland and Russia as well as a cultural and geographical entity.
		This was where the young Jean Sibelius received the inspiration for his Fourth Symphony and the Karelia Suite.
	www.visitfinland.com /web/sum/ftbsumwwwpubuk.nsf/Region_Nordkarelien (288 words)

	Northern Karelia region (Finland) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is the flag of the Finnish province/region of North Karelia (Pohjois-Karjalan maakunta/landskapet Norra Karelen).
		Historically speaking this should now be the coat of arms of North Karelia, not the one with the two arms.
		However, in the Finnish mind the "arms with the arms" are nowadays associated with everything related to Karelia; probably this is why contemporary North Karelia has chosen the "wrong" coat of arms, leaving the real heir South Karelia with an application.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/fi-nk.html (290 words)

	Karelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Karelia is a wonderful country of blue lakes, waterfalls, hillocks and barren rock.
		Karelia is a unique museum of peasant culture, where epical poetry and traditional ceremony are cherished.
		Visitors are also interested in the national parks in Paanajarvi and Vodlozero, as well as, the preserve for the Karelian birch, Kivach waterfall and the healing spring with its iron bearing water.
	karelia.in-russia.com (439 words)

	Joensuu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region.
		The city of Joensuu, which was founded by the Czar Nicholas I of Russia in 1848, is the center of the region and the capital of North Karelia.
		The University of Joensuu is one of the secrets for the vitality of the city and of all North Karelia.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/J/Joensuu.htm (598 words)

	Heart disease: North Karelia, Finland - a success story
		In response to a local petition, the North Karelia Project was launched in 1972 in an effort to find urgent and effective solutions to the problem of heart disease in the province.
		The North Karelia Project was designed to broaden this approach and to test the feasibility of a population strategy.
		The North Karelia Project has shown that change is possible when well-organised community initiatives are put in place.
	www.healthpromotion.ie /hearts/change_of_heart/nk.html (754 words)

	Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The international visitors have arrived in Finland to familiarise themselves with the North Karelia Project, a massive health awareness effort commenced in 1972, which succeeded in changing dietary habits in the region of North Karelia, and in reducing the region's towering mortality rate from coronary heart disease by as much as 75 percent.
		In Joensuu, the provincial capital of North Karelia, Puska is still remembered as the authority who changed the destiny of thousands of people by introducing them to healthier eating habits.
		In Russian Karelia, across the border, the public health situation is somewhat similar to that of North Karelia 30 years ago.
	www.helsinginsanomat.fi /english/article/1101980958583 (691 words)

	Karelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		http://www.internetix.ofw.fi/opinnot/opintojaksot/8kieletkirjallisuus/aidinkieli/murteet/kaakkois.html The dialect in North Karelia is part of the large group of Savonian dialects.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/K/Karelia.htm (824 words)

	European Forest Institute - Forest Information Services Network for Europe
		North Karelia is the easternmost post of Finland and the EU - a region whose forests provide good potentials for the future development whether it comes to its dense and well-growing forests and abundant timber resources or its beautiful natural landscape with rafts and wilderness areas.
		The extensive forest resources in North Karelia do not only cover the above indicated timber resources, but also the non-wood resources: hunting, fishing, picking berries and mushrooms, landscape values and possibilities for outdoor activities, forest-based tourism and recreation.
		For generations the forest resources of North Karelia have provided job opportunities both in forestry and forest-based industries.
	www.efi.fi /fine/Finland/North_Karelia/forestry_nk.html (353 words)

	Finland Winter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		North Karelia’s snowy winters provide an excellent backdrop for a host of activities for all age groups.
		JOENSUU REGION Joensuu, capital of North Karelia is the perfect base for exploring all parts of the province.
		NURMES Nurmes is a beautiful small town on Lake Pielinen in North Karelia, best known for Bomba the Karelian House and Spa.
	www.visitfinland.com /winter/areas/north_karelia.html (317 words)

	North Karelia Project Shows The World How To Reduce Heart Disease
		North Karelia was also a low socio-economic area with scarcity of medical resources and with many socio-economic problems in the 70's.
		The North Karelian Project has shown that by dealing on a community wide level with the lifestyle issues of diet, tobacco, and exercise, the rate of death by heart disease can be reduced significantly.
		Even though there may be significant factors that are not specifically addressed by the North Karelia Project (the role of stress, and the role of social injustice), it is obvious that the project has had a major impact in the world, mainly because of the work of Pekka Puska.
	www.kantele.com /nwfwebsite/puska_heart.html (2055 words)

	North Karelia Polytechnic
		A network of former vocational institutes was joined together in 1992 to form North Karelia Polytechnic, receiving permanent status in 1996.
		North Karelia Polytechnic offers a practical approach to higher education in twenty-one degree programmes in six fields of study: Business and Administration, Culture, Engineering and Technology, Health Care and Social Services, Natural Resources and Tourism, Catering and Institutional Management.
		The International Office of North Karelia Polytechnic arranges an orientation programme for the new incoming exchange students in the beginning of both the autumn and spring semesters.
	www.ncp.fi /International/WelcomingGuide/English/HTML/NCP.htm (1756 words)

	Comparing smoking and smoking cessation process in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and North Karelia, Finland -- ...
		Comparing smoking and smoking cessation process in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and North Karelia, Finland -- Laatikainen et al.
		variables in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and in North Karelia, Finland.
		Karelia 673 men and 803 women, participated in the survey.
	jech.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/abstract/53/9/528 (383 words)

	Quit and Win campaigns as a long-term anti-smoking intervention in North Karelia and other parts of Finland -- Korhonen ...
		North Karelia's participation rates were significantly higher in each campaign compared with the rest of Finland.
		The participation rate in the first national campaign was 3.2% of smokers in North Karelia and 1.6% elsewhere in the country.
		Karelia and from 15% to 19% elsewhere in the country.
	tc.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/8/2/175 (4261 words)

	International -- Spotlight on Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		North Karelia's woes make it eligible for European Union funds--more than $27 million since 1995--which is only fair, since it lost agricultural subsidies when Finland joined the EU in 1995.
		The question for North Karelia, as for rural areas in other booming EU nations, is whether trying will be enough.
		Now, he and a group of other North Karelians are trying to break the silence in order to improve relations with the Russians--and perhaps lure some war-history buffs.
	europe.businessweek.com /2001/01_04/c3716177.htm (745 words)

	Historical dates of North Karelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		North Karelia belongs to Novgorod and it is ruled from Käkisalmi (Korela)
		The provinces of Käkisalmi (including North Karelia) and Ingria (the area around modern St Petersburg) are joined Sweden and ruled as a conquered territory
		North Karelia becomes the easternmost area of EU
	www.chem.joensuu.fi /links/history.html (312 words)

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