Finnish Karelia Article Index for
Finnish
Shopping
Karelia
Website Links For
Finnish
 

Information About

Finnish Karelia




The name is ''Karjala'' in Finnish and ''Karelen'' in Swedish . Karelia borders to Nylandia , Savonia and Ostrobothnia . It is also bounded by Russia and the Gulf Of Finland . The most of Finnish Karelia was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union in 1940, after the Winter War , and today parted between the Russian autonomous Republic Of Karelia and the Russian Leningrad Oblast .

__NOTOC__

Information

  Name Karelianame_fin=Karjalaname_swe=Karelenland= Ă–sterland
  Atype Provinces adata= Eastern Finland <br> Southern Finland
  Btype Regions bdata= North Karelia <br> South Karelia area=-