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Pages in category "Maps of Karelia" This category contains only the following page. A. Atlas of Karelia; Media in category "Maps of Karelia" The following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. All subdivisions of Karelia blank.png 497 × 600; 24 KB. ... Mobile view ...
Media in category "Maps of Karelia (Finland)" The following 45 files are in this category, out of 45 total.
Lakes. In Karelia, there are about 60,000 lakes. Together with swamps, they now contain about 2,000 km3 of perfectly pure water. The most famous Lake of Karelia include Nyuk, Pyaozero, Segozero, Syamozero, Topozero, Vygozero and Yushkozero. Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega are the largest in Europe.
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.
A wonderful landscape of blue lakes with crystal clear water, magnificent waterfalls and healing springs, hillocks and barren rock and dense virgin forests attracts more and more visitors from the overpopulated regions of both Russia and Western Europe every year, giving them a great chance to enjoy virgin northern European nature.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Karelia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Karelia.
9 mar 2024 · View and download maps. How to start using old maps of Karelia. The map files are located at the following address: http://vanhatpainetutkartat.maanmittauslaitos.fi/karjalankartat/
