Karelia

Also known as Kareliya, Respublika Kareliya, Karjalan tazavalda, Karjalan tasavalta, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Republic of Karelia, Karelia (Russia)

first-level administrative division of Russia

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Karelia is a region in northwestern Russia that serves as one of the country's primary administrative divisions. It matters historically and geographically as a significant area in Russia's northwestern territory, bordering Finland and containing important natural resources and cultural heritage.

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Official name: Карелия
Population: 518950
Area: 180520
Official website: gov.karelia.ru
Image: Summer, August, morning, skerries.jpg
Licence plate code: 10

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described at URL: datos.bne.es/tema/XX5348947.html
Commons category: Republic of Karelia
native label: Республика Карелия
inception: 1991-11-13
hashtag: karjala

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The Republic of Karelia, or simply Karelia or Karjala is a republic of Russia situated in the northwest of the country. The republic is a part of the Northwestern Federal District, and covers an area of 172,400 square kilometres (66,600 square miles), with a population of 533,121 residents. Its capital is Petrozavodsk.

The modern Karelian Republic was founded as an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR, by the Resolution of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) on 27 June 1923 and by the Decree of the VTsIK and the Council of People's Commissars of 25 July 1923, from the Karelian Labour Commune. From 1940 to 1956, it was known as the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the republics of the Soviet Union. In 1956, it was once again made an autonomous republic and remained part of Russia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.