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Ingria is a historical region in what is now northwestern European Russia. It lies along the southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordered by Lake Ladoga on the Karelian Isthmus in the north and
Ingria may be seen represented in the easternmost part of the Carta Marina (1539).
An Ingrian battalion that served in the Finnish Defense Forces during the Continuation War, giving their oath to Finland in the Karelian Isthmus, 27 April 1944.
Ingrian Finns
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Ingrian Finns are the Finnish population native to Ingria, a historical region corresponding to the central part of today's Leningrad Oblast in Russia. They originated from Lutheran Finnish settlers w
Ingria
…primarily the Izhorians and Votians, who converted to Eastern Orthodoxy over several centuries during the late Middle Ages. They were later joined by the Ingrian Finns, descendants of 17th century Lutheran Finnish immigrants to the area. At that time, modern Finland proper and Ingria were both part of the Swedish…
Ingrian Finns of Estonia at the Estonian Song and Dance Festival
Two main subgroups of Ingrian Finns: Äyrämöiset and Savakot