"Karelia (Karelian, Finnish, and Estonian: Karjala; Russian: Карелия, Kareliya, historically Корела, Koryela), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical ...
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significance for Finland, Russia, USSR and Sweden. It is currently divided among the northwestern Russian Federation (the federal subjects of the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast) and Finland (the regions of South Karelia and North Karelia)." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.09.2020)