Karelia
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Karelia is a cultural region and area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia, Finland, and Sweden. It is divided between northwestern Russia and Finland.
View of Lappeenranta, South Karelia.
Viipuri Castle on the Gulf of Finland in the city of Vyborg. Viipuri was called the capital of Karelia when it was a part of Finland.
National Museum of the Republic of Karelia
Pioneers in Karelia, 1900, by Pekka Halonen
Karelia is a historical province of Finland, consisting of the modern-day Finnish regions of South Karelia and North Karelia plus the historical regions of Ladoga Karelia and the Karelian Isthmus, whi
Karelia
…Oblast) and Finland (the regions of South Karelia, North Karelia, and the eastern portion of Kymenlaakso). Various regions may be called Karelia. Finnish Karelia is a historical province of Finland and is now divided between Finland and Russia, often called just Karjala in Finnish. The eastern part of this chiefly…
Drawing of Karelian Iron Age sword hilts by Theodor Schwindt made in 1893, which he had excavated earlier in Käkisalmi
Drawing of a Karelian Iron Age knife with a sheath made by Theodor Schvindt in 1893 illustrating the one he excavated in Käkisalmi, Karelia
Drawing of a Karelian Iron Age silver penannular brooch by Theodor Schvindt in 1893