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	Encyclopedia: South Karelia
		The Region of South Karelia is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland.
		The Regions of North and South Karelia lie in Finland and the Karelian Republic in Russia.
		The coat of arms of South Karelia is composed of the arms of Karelia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/South-Karelia (168 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.
		South Karelia comprises that part of the old province of Viipuri which remained on the Finnish side of the border in 1944; unlike its northern neighbour it has never formed a province of its own.
		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)

	Finnish Karelia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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)

	Karelia Republic Overview
		The Karelia Republic is located to the north of St. Petersburg and borders Murmansk Region in the north, Leningrad and Vologda regions in the south, Arkhangelsk region in the east and Finland in the west.
		Such perspectives are an extrapolation of a current status, as Karelia produces 21.5% of Russia’s paper, 9.2% of iron ore, 7.3% of cellulose, 7.3% of timber, 4% of sawn timber and 60% of paper bags.
		Karelia’s capital, Petrozavodsk, is easily reached by an overnight train from St. Petersburg, which is very convenient for business travelers as it departs midnight and arrives early morning and has SV class wagons.
	www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/0207KareliaRegOver.htm (2777 words)

	Karelia biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is currenty divided between the Russian Republic of Karelia, the Russian Leningrad Oblast, and two Regions of Finland, South Karelia and North Karelia.
		Karelia was bitterly fought over by Sweden and Novgorod in the 13th century.
		In the 1940s, most of Finnish Karelia was first ceded to the Soviet Union in the Peace of Moscow that followed the Winter War (1939–1940), then re-conquered for three years during the Continuation War 1941–1944 when also East Karelia was occupied by the Finns.
	karelia.biography.ms (728 words)

	Karelia on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Karelia, properly speaking the region N and E of Lake Onega, was conquered in the 12th-13th cent.
		Karelia reverted to the status of an autonomous republic in 1956.
		The South Karelia Air Pollution Study: effects of low-level exposure to malodorous sulfur compounds on symptoms.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Karelia.asp (722 words)

	KARELIA FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Karelia is the land of the Karelian people, that inhabitated vast areas in Northern_Europe, of historical significance for Finland, Russia and Sweden.
		Karelia was bitterly fought over by Sweden and Novgorod_Republic in the 13th_century.
		Karelia streches from the White_Sea coast to the Gulf_of_Finland.
	www.flowergods.com /en:Karelia (706 words)

	FINNISH KARELIA FACTS AND INFORMATION
		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.
		During the Continuation_War (1941-1944) Eastern Karelia was considered a Finnish irredenta and occupied by Finland.
		The dialect spoken is the South_Karelian Region of Finland is considered to be part of the South Eastern dialects of the Finnish language.
	www.witwib.com /Finnish_Karelia (668 words)

	Arctiidae catalogue of the former USSR
		South Baltia (Lithuania and Latvia); Belarus; the Ukraine, the Crimea; Moldova; the European Russia north to St.-Petersburg and Vyatka; the Caucasus; the Transcaucasia; West Siberia (Kurgan).
		The South Urals; South-West Siberia (the Kurgan and Omsk regions; the Novosibirsk region: Lake Chany; Barnaul); North-East Kazakhstan (the Altai and Saur Mts.); the mountains of South Siberia: the Altai, Khakasia, Tuva, the Sayan Mts., west and south of the Irkutsk region, and Transbaikalia; ?the south-western part of the Primorye territory (Pogranichnyi (Grodekovo)).
		The South Crimea (Kostjuk, Pljustsh, 1987); the Transcaucasia (Armenia).
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Cyprus/4397/arctiinae.htm (8875 words)

	South Karelia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Region of South Karelia is a (The extended spatial location of something) region (maakunta / landskap) of (Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) Finland.
		The term "South Karelia" might also be used to refer to the southern parts of the entire (A region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea) Karelia — the Region of South Karelia is termed "South" because it is the southernmost part of Karelia on Finnish territory.
		The coat of arms of South Karelia is composed of the arms of (A region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea) Karelia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/So/South_Karelia.htm (315 words)

	South Karelia Region
		South Karelia treasures an exceptional technology intensive hub of forest industry, with several large research and production units of international forest giants, supported by research and higher education of LUT and Polytechnic, and as the latest effort, Imatra District Birch Centre specializing in the development of mechanical wood processing.
		South Karelia is also the natural home base for subcontracting, consulting and IT companies dedicated to serve the forest industry around the world.
		There is a growing number of ICT companies in South Karelia, and the trend will be further stimulated by the interdisciplinary research institutes like Telecom Business Research Centre and Intelligent Industrial Systems Laboratory Centre as well as modern business premises offered at the campus area in Lappeenranta and in the heart of Imatra.
	www.sovereign-publications.com /karelia.htm (519 words)

	Karjala - Occupied Territory
		Summers are short, cool, and liable to frosts, with average temperatures of 61 F (16 C) in the south and 57 F (14 C) in the north.
		Western Karelia was obtained by Peter the Great from Sweden by treaty in 1721, and the area was administratively reunited with the grand duchy of Finland in the 19th century when Russia obtained suzerainty over all Finland.
		Ludic, a minor group of dialects spoken to the southeast of Karelia, is considered to be a blend of Karelian and Veps, a related Finno-Ugric language spoken to the south of Karelia.
	www.karjala.dircon.co.uk (3146 words)

	eFinland \| South Karelia Region - Crossing the Border in ICT Business
		South Karelia with its 137,000 inhabitants is located on the border between the EU and Russia, 200 km from Helsinki, the capital of Finland, and 200 km from the 7 million inhabitants metropolis St Petersburg.
		South Karelia treasures an exceptional technology intensive hub of forest industry, with several large research and production units of international enterprises, supported by research and higher education of Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and Polytechnic.
		South Karelia is a natural home base for both small and large scale subcontracting, consulting and ICT companies dedicated to serve the forest industry around the world.
	e.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=13617 (761 words)

	Eskelinen-Kokkonen
		The focus is on the border of the Karelian Republic (Russian Karelia), which is the region between the Leningrad region (and St Petersburg) on the Baltic Sea and the Murmansk region on the Barents Sea.
		In more general terms, Russian Karelia is an example of a region which is attempting to redefine and reconstruct its role as a kind of national unit within the context of the Russian Federation.
		Currently, the regional councils of the Karelia Interreg region in Finland and the Karelian Republic in the Russian Federation are jointly preparing to form a Euroregio.
	www.geo.ut.ee /nbc/paper/eskelinen_kokkonen.htm (5793 words)

	Karelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is currently divided between the Russian Republic of Karelia, the Russian Leningrad Oblast, and two Regions of Finland, South Karelia and North Karelia.
		Thus the irredentist hopes for Finland's re-acquisition of the lost Finnish Karelia live on in for instance the Karjala takaisin -movement.
		Tver Karelia denotes the villages in the Tver Oblast that are inhabited by Karelians.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/K/Karelia.htm (824 words)

	Russia: Forest Fire Problems in the Baltic region of Russia (Leningrad Province and Karelia) (IFFN No. 18 - January ...
		The forests of South Karelia and their influence on the hydrological regime are also inseparably linked with the river basins of the Baltic.
		In South Karelia the number of fires for the last 16 years (on average per year) increased by 50%, and the average area burned per fire increased from 0.7 to 2.8 hectares.
		In South Karelia the average frequency of forest fires is 50, varying from 8 to 134.
	www.fire.uni-freiburg.de /iffn/country/rus/rus_22.htm (743 words)

	Mauri Rastas: "History of Karelia"
		East Karelia is the area east from the Finnish eastern border (green area in the map), which has been a completely separate part of Karelia since the treaty of 1617, as it is fully Orthodox.
		The period of prosperity of Ancient, un-devided Karelia began in 10th century, was culminated in 1100-1200 and declined at the beginning of 14th century.
		Karelia was too weak to resist this new mighty god, meaning a beginning of the nation's rupture.
	www.kolumbus.fi /rastas/eng_carel.html (2858 words)

	Karelia (Finland)
		Due to its geographical position Karelia happened to become in the Middle Ages the main battle field between the expanding interests of Sweden and Russia (earlier Novgorod), which is why the (Swedish part of the) province got this very martial coat of arms.
		Despite its Finnish speaking population Karelia was divided between the two powers for the first time in 1323 and after this several times with varying borders (last time 1944 in favour of Russia), the entire area not ever having belonged to just one state.
		Most of the provincial coats of arms of Sweden (at the time including Finland), including that of Karelia, were designed for the funeral ceremony of king Gustavus I Wasa (in 1560, to be precise), probably by his son John (Johan) who was very interested in heraldry.
	flagspot.net /flags/fi-k.html (703 words)

	Karelian Tourism Portal :: Travel and Tourism in Karelia :: Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the forests of the southern Karelia, particularly on Zaonezhskiy Peninsula and in Prionezhje, small areas of Karelian birch can be found, although it mostly grows among ordinary birch-woods.
		In the woods of south-eastern Karelia plantations of Siberian larch, which form the western border of its natural habitat here, are widespread.
		In separate areas of the south of Karelia, especially in Priladozsh’e and Prionezsh’e, it is possible to see significant spaces of meadows and fields, reminding of landscapes in the Russian Middle Age.
	ticrk.ru /eng/region/nature?mode=print& (889 words)

	South Karelia Rural Advisory Centre - in English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		South Karelia Rural Advisory Centre - in English
		At the Rural Advisory Centre, the expertise of various fieldsvital to the entrepreneur are available under the same roof.
		Extension and training by the rural women's associations belonging to the Centre for Country Women and Homemakers (situated in Helsinki) is aimed at creating new opportunities based on home economics and household skills within various sectors of agribusiness - for example, in rural tourism, cookery and catering services, and processing of food products.
	www.maaseutukeskus.fi /ek/activities.html (407 words)

	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
		The Karelians of Karelia live chiefly west of the St. Petersburg-Murmansk railway line in the Karelian ASSR and their administrative centre is Petrozavodsk or Petroskoi.
		From the 9th to the 12th centuries the southern part of Karelia was under the control of the Kievan Rus principality.
		With the end of the Russian-Swedish wars in the 17th century and the peace treaty of Stolbovo (1617), a part of the Karelians moved from the northwestern shores of Lake Ladoga to North Karelia, and a part of them moved to the Valdai Hills in Central Russia (the regions of Novgorod and Tver).
	www.eki.ee /books/redbook/karelians.shtml (2193 words)

	Archives of Environmental Health: The South Karelia Air Pollution Study: Changes in Respiratory Health in Relation to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The South Karelia Air Pollution Study: acute health effects of malodorous sulfur air pollutants released by a pulp mill.
		The South Karelia Air Pollution Study: the effects of malodorous sulfur compounds from pulp mills on respiratory and other symptoms in children.
		The South Karelia Air Pollution Study: low-level exposure to malodorous sulfur compounds as a determinant of eye, respiratory and central nervous symptoms in adults.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0907/is_4_54/ai_55449696/pg_6 (1103 words)

	Karelia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Karelia is the land of the KareliansKarelian people, that inhabitated vast areas in Northern Europe, of historical significance for Finland, Russia and Sweden.
		Thus the irredentismirredentist hopes for Karelia question in FinlandFinland's re-aquisition of the lost Finnish Karelia live on in for instance the ''Karjala takaisin''-movement.
		The border between Karelia and Ingria, the land of the closely related IngriansIngrian people, is traditionally held to follow the rivlet Sestra''Sestra/Rajajoki'' (Russian languageRussian: Сестра/Раяйоки), today in the Saint Petersburg/ metropolitan area, but 1812–1940 the Russo-Finnish border.
	www.infothis.com /find/Karelia (914 words)

	Ingria (Russia)
		The area belonged to Sweden between 1617 and 1721, and was populated by “good Swedes” moved in from Finland (Karelia).
		Ingria is not the same area as the parts of Finnish Karelia ceded in 1940.
		Rather it was the coastal strip between Estonia and Finland (pre-1940 boundary), roughly contiguous to the St.
	flagspot.net /flags/ru-ingri.html (525 words)

	Finnish Museums Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although the South Karelia Museum and the South Karelia Art Museum had a good 36,000 visitors in 2003, they are small fry in the world of sponsorship.
		The museums are well-established and highly active players in the cultural life of South Karelia.
		The South Karelia museums in Lappeenranta have entered partnerships with a local bank and store, which has taken the form of special events at the museums for key customers of the businesses and mailing the museums' exhibition calendar to the customer-owners of the businesses.
	www.museoliitto.fi /english/tiedotus/abstract304.htm (477 words)

	Lappeenranta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It belongs to the province of Province of Southern FinlandSouthern Finland and the region of South Karelia.
		The city's main employers are: The City of Lappeenranta, UPM-Kymmene, South Karelia Central Hospital, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Paroc, Nordkalk, VR-Group, Cloetta Fazer, The Armed Forces, Larox and Pola.
		The proximity of the Russian border is increasingly visible in the number of Russian tourists visiting the city.
	www.infothis.com /find/Lappeenranta (254 words)

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