Karelia

E31324

cultural region historical region

Karelia is a historical and cultural region of northern Europe, spanning areas of present-day Finland and Russia and known for its distinct Karelian people, language, and forested lake landscapes.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Karelia canonical	67
Finnish Karelia	3
East Karelia	2
Karelia region	2
Republic of Karelia	2
South Karelia	2
Karelian Province	1
Karelian culture	1
Olonets Karelian	1
Ruskeala	1
White Karelia	1
eastern Finland	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borders	Gulf of Finland ⓘ Lake Ladoga ⓘ Lake Onega ⓘ White Sea ⓘ
cededTerritoriesTo	Soviet Union ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryDuringSovietEra	Soviet Union ⓘ
crossedBy	Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn	Finnish national identity ⓘ Kalevala ⓘ
currentRussianFederalSubject	Russian Republic of Karelia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Karelia
disputedBetween	Finland ⓘ Russia ⓘ
ecosystem	boreal forest ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Finnish Karelians ⓘ surface form: Karelians
hasMajorCity	Joensuu ⓘ Lappeenranta ⓘ Petrozavodsk, Russia ⓘ surface form: Petrozavodsk Sortavala ⓘ
hasPart	Karelia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Finnish Karelia Ladoga Karelia ⓘ North Karelia ⓘ Russian Republic of Karelia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Karelia South Karelia ⓘ Tver Karelia ⓘ White Sea Karelia ⓘ
historicalEvent	Continuation War ⓘ Winter War ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy	Finnish Karelians ⓘ surface form: Karelians
knownFor	Karelian epic poetry ⓘ Karelian folk music ⓘ Karelian pasties ⓘ Karelian stew ⓘ forested landscapes ⓘ numerous lakes ⓘ peat bogs ⓘ runic singing ⓘ wooden architecture ⓘ
language	Finnish language ⓘ Karelian language ⓘ Russian language ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Europe ⓘ
partOf	Finland ⓘ Russia ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Lutheranism ⓘ
traditionalInstrument	kantele ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Finnic paganism ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karelian Isthmus → region → Karelia ⓘ

Battle of Kollaa → location → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Finland

Battle of Taipale → historicalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Finnic languages → hasMember → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Olonets Karelian

Finnic languages → spokenInRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Northwestern Federal District → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Karelia

Continuation War → location → Karelia ⓘ

Continuation War → mainFront → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Karelia

Lake Ladoga → locatedIn → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Karelia

Lappeenranta → locatedIn → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Karelia

Lappeenranta → isRegionalCenterOf → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Karelia

Ingrian Finns → culturalRelation → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karelian culture

Karelia → hasPart → Karelia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Karelia

Vyborg → historicalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Finnish Karelians → historicalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Taipale → historicalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Karelian Air Command → namedAfter → Karelia ⓘ

Ladoga Karelia → locatedIn → Karelia ⓘ

Ladoga Karelia → partOf → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Karelia

Ladoga Karelia → adjacentTo → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: White Karelia

Ladoga Karelia → culturalRegionOf → Karelia ⓘ

White Sea → locatedOnCoastOf → Karelia ⓘ

Summa, Karelian Isthmus → historicalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Finnish offensive of 1941 → location → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Karelia

Kollaa River → locatedIn → Karelia ⓘ

Vuoksi River → region → Karelia ⓘ

Karelian language → historicalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Fennoscandia → contains → Karelia ⓘ

Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive → location → Karelia ⓘ

Soviet summer offensive of 1944 → location → Karelia ⓘ

Northern Russia → contains → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karelia region

Uusikirkko → locatedIn → Karelia ⓘ

Uusikirkko → historicalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Petrozavodsk, Russia → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

subject surface form: Petrozavodsk

Battle of Vyborg → associatedRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Fennoscandian Ice Sheet → coveredRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Lemi → culturalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Fennoscandian Shield → locatedIn → Karelia ⓘ

Fennoscandian Shield → hasSubregion → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karelian Province

Karelian front → areaOfOperations → Karelia ⓘ

subject surface form: Karelian Front

Swedish–Novgorodian conflicts → hasTerritorialFocus → Karelia ⓘ

Karelian stew → regionOfOrigin → Karelia ⓘ

kantele → regionOfOrigin → Karelia ⓘ

South Karelia → historicalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

Kalevala → placeOfCollection → Karelia ⓘ

eastern Finland → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Karelia ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Finland

eastern Finland → historicallyLinkedTo → Karelia ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Finland

western Karelia → partOf → Karelia ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Karelia

western Karelia → hasCulturalRegion → Karelia ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Karelia

Karelian pies → hasOrigin → Karelia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karelia region