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Karelia
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Карелия Karjala
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Русский
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Карелия - Республика Карелия[1]
Республика Карелия — регион на северо-западе России, образована 8 июня 1920 как Карельская трудовая коммуна (автономное областное объединение). Население составляет: 703.1 тыс. чел. (2005), плотность населения: 4,1 чел./км² (2005), удельный вес городского населения: 75,6 % (2005). Входит в состав Северо-Западного федерального округа.
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Karjala
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Karjala - Karjalan Tazavalla
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Other languages
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Suomeksi:Karjalan tasavalta on Venäjän federaation subjekti. Sen pääkaupunki on Petroskoi. Karjalan tasavallan rajanaapurit ovat Leningradin alue, Vologdan alue, Arkangelin alue, Murmanskin alue ja Suomi. Tasavalta sijaitsee Laatokan, Äänisen ja Vienanmeren rannalla.
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English
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Karelia - Republic of Karelia The Republic of Karelia is a federal subject of the ► Russian Federation (a republic). It borders ► Finland in the west.
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Short name
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Karelia
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Official name
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Republic of Karelia
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Status
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Republic of ► Russia
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Capital
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Петрозаводск (Petrozavodsk) Petroskoi
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Population
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618,056 inhabitants
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Area
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172,400 km²
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Major languages
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Russian (official), Karelian
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Major religions
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Russian Orthodoxy
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More information
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Karelia, Geography of Karelia, History of Karelia and Politics of Karelia
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More images
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Karelia - Karelia (Category).
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General maps
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Map showing the Republic of Karelia and the two Finnish regions.
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Parts of Karelia, as they are traditionally divided.
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East and West Karelia
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Administrative divisions
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Municipalities
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Regions and towns
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Cities and towns
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History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Karelia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Karelia.
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West Karelia as part of Sweden
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West Karelia as part of the Grand Duchy of Finland
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Karelia ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940
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Finnish control in 1942
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Karelia re-ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944
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Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1956
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Notes and references
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- ↑ Romanization of Russian according to the BGN/PCGN standard: Kareliya - Respublika Kareliya. Another used romanization is the ISO 9 standard.
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