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17 paź 2016 · According to the 2010 Russian census, there are about 60,000 Karelians in Russia. Approximately 10,000 Karelians live in Finland. Others are scattered around Belarus and the Baltic states.
21 paź 2016 · Karelians are a tall, blue-eyed people, often with fair, almost reddish hair. They are in the center of many rumors and legends. Allegedly, they still worship the forest, resist authority and ...
14 lis 2016 · A tiny village in Karelia survives, thrives, preserves its heritage and even welcomes tourists, particularly to savour their special ‘kalitka’ pies. "You won't find any authentic kalitka pies ...
14 gru 2023 · Finland’s decision on 30 November to close the land border entirely with Russia perhaps recognizes that reality: a larger rupture with Russia has occurred, one that even the metaphor of a fence only partially captures. Finnish Karelia is again a frontier.
According to the 2021 Census, [63] ethnic Russians make up 86.4% of the republic's population, ethnic Karelians 5.5%. Other groups include Belarusians (2.0%), Ukrainians (1.2%), Finns (0.7%), Vepsians (0.5%), and a host of smaller groups, each accounting for less than 0.5% of the total population.
18 gru 2023 · On 24 February 2022, Russia’s attack on Ukraine again perched Finland on the edge, but in the very different conditions of the twenty-first century it has opted for defence integration, turning to NATO to produce greater security for itself.
there was an influx into Soviet Russia of Finnish Communists.3 Like other educated Finns of their day, their leaders saw East or Russian Karelia (Itai-Karjala, "Far Karelia" [Kauko-Karjala] or "Karelia-beyond-the border" [rajantakainen Karjala]) as an inalienable part of Finnish culture-the land of The Kalevala, the Finnish national epic, and the
