Ladoga Karelia

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historical region

Ladoga Karelia is a historical region in southeastern Finland, bordering Lake Ladoga, that was ceded to the Soviet Union after the Winter War.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ladoga region 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
adjacentTo Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
surface form: Isthmus Karelia

Karelia ⓘ
surface form: White Karelia
associatedWithTreaty Moscow Peace Treaty ⓘ
surface form: Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940
associatedWithWar Continuation War ⓘ
borderChange Moscow Peace Treaty ⓘ
borderingBodyOfWater Lake Ladoga ⓘ
borders Lake Ladoga ⓘ
cededAfter Winter War ⓘ
cededBy Finland ⓘ
cededTo Soviet Union ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Karelia ⓘ
currentAdministrativeRegion Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
Russian Republic of Karelia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Karelia
currentCountry Russia ⓘ
currentLanguageMajority Russian ⓘ
ethnicGroupHistorically Finns ⓘ
Finnish Karelians ⓘ
surface form: Karelians
geographicalFeature forests ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
historicalConflictSide Finnish side in the Winter War ⓘ
historicalDemographics predominantly Finnish-speaking before 1940 ⓘ
historicalEvent Winter War ⓘ
historicalLanguagePolicy Finnish as official language before cession ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
historicalReligionMajority Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Christianity
historicalStatus part of independent Finland ⓘ
part of the Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
historicalUse borderland between Finland and Russia ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Finnish ⓘ
Karelian language ⓘ
surface form: Karelian
locatedIn Karelia ⓘ
southeastern Finland ⓘ
nearbyMajorCity Lahdenpohja ⓘ
Sortavala ⓘ
partOf Karelia ⓘ
surface form: Finnish Karelia
partOfConflict Soviet–Finnish relations ⓘ
surface form: Soviet–Finnish territorial disputes
populationMovement evacuation of Finnish population to inner Finland ⓘ
postWarCountry Soviet Union ⓘ
postWarResettlement Finnish evacuees resettled in other parts of Finland ⓘ
preWarCountry Finland ⓘ
regionType border region ⓘ
ceded territory ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Lake Ladoga ⓘ
proximity to Saint Petersburg ⓘ
successorState Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
warOutcomeEffect loss of territory for Finland ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Finnish Karelians → associatedRegion → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
Moscow Peace Treaty → cededRegion → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
Rurik → deathPlaceTraditionally → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ladoga region
Leningrad Oblast → hasHistoricalRegion → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
Karelia → hasPart → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
subject surface form: Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga
this entity surface form: Ladoga region
Kollaa front → locatedIn → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
Battle of Kollaa → location → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
Finnish offensive of 1941 → location → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
Continuation War → mainFront → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
Novgorod Republic → territoryIncludes → Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ladoga region