South Karelia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
region of Finland
About South Karelia
The Karelians were a significant Fennic people, on the border between the Russian and Swedish realms. The Finnish part of Karelia is mostly in the regions of South Karelia andNorth Karelia. Most of Karelia is in Russia, mainly in theRepublic of Kareliaand on theKarelian Isthmus. Karelians in Finland speak Finnish and most inhabitants of the Russian Karelia are Russians who immigrated there in the 20th century. Karelian, mutually intelligible with Finnish to some degree, is still spoken by a minority; the Finnish broadcasting company sends news also in Karelian and Russian newspapers in Karelian can be found in some libraries. Much of the Finnish national epic Kalevala was collected in what is now the Republic of Karelia. Large parts of what was the Finnish part of Karelia was ceded to the
South Karelia Travel Guide Sections
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