Karelian Isthmus

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isthmus

The Karelian Isthmus is a strategically important land corridor between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, historically contested between Finland and Russia and heavily fortified and fought over in the 20th century.

Aliases (5)

Isthmus Karelia ×1
Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia theater ×1
Karelian Isthmus front ×1
Ladoga Karelia ×1
Saint Petersburg–Vyborg railway ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	isthmus →
borderedBy	Finland → Gulf of Finland → Lake Ladoga → Saint Petersburg region →
cededAfter	Winter War →
cededBy	Finland to Soviet Union →
climate	humid continental climate →
contains	Vuoksi River → Vyborg Bay → numerous lakes →
country	Russia →
currentPopulation	predominantly ethnic Russians →
fortifiedBy	Mannerheim Line → Soviet defensive lines →
historicallyContestedBy	Finland → Russia → Soviet Union →
historicallyPartOf	Finland → Russian Empire → Soviet Union →
historicalNameOfCity	Viipuri →
historicalPopulation	Finnish Karelians → Ingrian Finns →
languageCurrentlySpoken	Russian →
languageHistoricallySpoken	Finnish → Karelian →
locatedIn	northwestern Russia →
majorCityOnIsthmus	Vyborg →
notableFortification	Mannerheim Line →
partOf	Leningrad Oblast →
partOfFront	Eastern Front of World War II →
post1991Status	part of Russian Federation →
postwarStatus	integrated into Russian SFSR →
railConnection	Saint Petersburg–Vyborg railway →
region	Karelia →
roadConnection	Scandinavia–Russia transport corridor →
separates	Gulf of Finland → Lake Ladoga →
siteOf	Continuation War → Winter War →
strategicImportance	land corridor between Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga →
strategicRole	approach to Saint Petersburg → buffer zone between Russia and Finland →
usedFor	military transit → trade routes →
vegetation	boreal forest →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Taipale → Finnish offensive of 1941 → Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive → Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive → Soviet offensive of February 1940 → Soviet summer offensive of 1944 →	location
Battle of Taipale ("Karelian Isthmus front") → Winter War → Winter War ("Ladoga Karelia") →	front
Mannerheim Line → Summa, Karelian Isthmus → Taipale →	locatedIn
Ladoga Karelia ("Isthmus Karelia") →	adjacentTo
Ingria →	borderedBy
Moscow Peace Treaty →	cededRegion
Saint Petersburg Oblast →	contains
Karelia →	crossedBy
Mikael Agricola →	deathPlace
Leningrad Oblast →	hasHistoricalRegion
Vuoksi River →	historicalRegion
Vyborg →	locatedOn
Continuation War →	mainFront
Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive →	militaryTheater
Karelian Isthmus ("Saint Petersburg–Vyborg railway") →	railConnection
Battle of Kollaa ("Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia theater") →	theater
Battle of Summa →	warTheater