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Carelia [1] o Karelia (del carelio: Karjala ‘ [ˈkɑrjɑlɑ] ’) es una región histórico-geográfica situada en la Europa nororiental, patria de los carelios, pueblo que vivía en una vasta área actualmente compartida entre Finlandia (regiones de Carelia del Norte y Carelia del Sur) y Rusia (república de Carelia y óblast de ...
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Karelia is a region in Northwestern Russia, known as the country of lakes. It has a strong cultural connection with Finland, with the ethnic Karelians closely related to the Finns. Much of the Finnish national epic Kalevala was collected here. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. gov.karelia.ru. Wikivoyage. Wikipedia.
They are also known as Russian Karelia and Finnish Karelia, respectively. Karelia stretches from the White Sea coast to the Gulf of Finland. It contains the two largest lakes in Europe, Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. The Karelian Isthmus is located between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga.
Karelia, respublika (republic), far northwestern Russia. It is bordered to the north by Nenets, to the east by the White Sea, to the south by Lake Ladoga, and to the west by Finland. The capital is Petrozavodsk, on the western shore of Lake Onega.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mapa del Istmo de Carelia. Se muestran las ciudades más importantes, la actual frontera fino-rusa al noroeste y la frontera previa a la Guerra de Invierno más al sur.
Karelia's economy is based on forestry, mining, tourism, agriculture, fishing and the paper industry. Despite being 0,4% of Russia's population, 65–70% of all Russian trout is grown in the Republic, 26% of iron ore pellets, 20% of paper, 12% of wood pulp and cellulose. Karelia's gross regional product (GRP) in 2007 was 109.5 billion rubles.
