Karelian Isthmus

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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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Karelian Isthmus canonical 64
Isthmus Karelia 1
Karelian Isthmus (southern part) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf isthmus ⓘ
borderedBy Finland ⓘ
Gulf of Finland ⓘ
Lake Ladoga ⓘ
Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg region
cededAfter Winter War ⓘ
cededBy Finland to Soviet Union ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
contains Vuoksi River ⓘ
Gulf of Finland ⓘ
surface form: 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 Vyborg ⓘ
surface form: Viipuri
historicalPopulation Finnish Karelians ⓘ
Ingrian Finns ⓘ
languageCurrentlySpoken Russian ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Finnish ⓘ
Karelian ⓘ
locatedIn European Russia ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Russia
majorCityOnIsthmus Vyborg ⓘ
notableFortification Mannerheim Line ⓘ
partOf Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
partOfFront Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
post1991Status part of Russian Federation ⓘ
postwarStatus integrated into Russian SFSR ⓘ
railConnection Karelian Isthmus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 (72)

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

Viipuri Province (historical Finland) → geographicalFeature → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Summajärvi → locatedIn → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Muolaa → locatedIn → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast → locatedIn → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast → partOfHistoricalTerritory → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast → historicallyContestedRegion → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Vuoksi river basin → region → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Svetogorsk → region → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Burnaya River (Vuoksa branch) → locatedOn → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Burnaya River (Vuoksa branch) → flowsThrough → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Vuoksi–Neva water system → flowsThrough → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Soviet–Finnish border → hadSection → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Izhora Upland → proximityTo → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Lomonosov town in Leningrad Oblast → locatedOn → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
subject surface form: Lomonosov
7th Army → operationalArea → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Terioki → locatedIn → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Battle of Nietjärvi → location → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Vyborgsky District, Saint Petersburg → locatedOn → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karelian Isthmus (southern part)
Ilya Repin → deathPlace → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Finnish Karelian Army → region → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Vyborgsky District → locatedOn → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Vyborgsky District → historicallyPartOf → Karelian Isthmus ⓘ